Re: ISWC 2018 - Conference Registration is Open

Dan, it is unfortunate that you interpret and label my request for some
transparency as shaming. I can definitely come to terms to admit that
the wording could have been politer and perhaps less direct. It was an
inquiry in response to their registration announcement, and others are
curious about this information as well. I don't see a particular issue
here. If transparency wasn't at all questionable, actual numbers (at
least for the past events) would have been available by now and prior to
me asking.

In any case, I'll bow out and let the mailing list continue on its course.

-Sarven
http://csarven.ca/#i

On 2018-06-20 23:36, Dan Brickley wrote:
> This is the Semantic Web mailing list, not the W3C public shaming
> mailing list.
> 
>  I suggest that talking directly with the organizers and perhaps
> reporting back here rather than making public demands might be a more
> productive and collaborative way of interacting. You might also try
> walking a mile in their shoes. You'd then be a mile away, and have their
> shoes...
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2018, 13:21 Sarven Capadisli, <info@csarven.ca
> <mailto:info@csarven.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2018-06-16 17:23, Maribel Acosta wrote:
>     > 17th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2018)
>     >
>     > Conference Dates:
>     > October 8-12, 2018
>     >
>     > Location:
>     > Asilomar Conference Grounds, Monterey, CA, USA
>     >
>     > Registration:
>     > The Registration for ISWC 2018 is open. Register with Early ISWC
>     > registration prices by June 29 at
>     > http://iswc2018.semanticweb.org/registration/
> 
> 
>     Hi Maribel,
> 
>     Given that SWSA is a non-profit organisation [1], and for the sake of
>     some transparency, could you provide a breakdown of the registration
>     fees per student, academic and standard:
> 
>     * admin/logistics
>     * materials (eg welcome kit, media recording)
>     * venue rental
>     * food (with different dietary requirements)
>     * proceedings
>     * other..
> 
>     Will attendees without prior contributions to the conference (eg
>     authoring, reviewing, organising) pay for the proceedings?
> 
>     Which parts of the registration fee can be waved?
> 
>     Thanks!
> 
>     [1]
>     https://web.archive.org/web/20180619110719/http://swsa.semanticweb.org/#selector(type=TextQuoteSelector,prefix=The%20,exact=Semantic%20Web%20Science%20Association%20(SWSA)%20is%20a%20non-profit%20organisation,suffix=%20for%20promotion%20and%20exchange%20of%20t)
> 
>     -Sarven
>     http://csarven.ca/#i
>

Received on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 23:18:27 UTC