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Re: Remote participation fees [Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY]

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 13 February 2015 22:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: Remote participation fees [Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY]
From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
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On Feb 13, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> But it begins to smell like a poll tax. Some people participate remotely
> because they simply can't justify the travel expenditure; if it costs (say)
> $200 to participate remotely, that would be enough to keep some people out.
> How the Secretariat could possibly validate hardship cases remotely
> is beyond me.

Hence the suggestion that we have a hardship exemption.   My expense report for IETF including airfare is typically higher than $2500, so $200 for remote participation would be a substantial savings, if that were the fee.

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