Re: [802.3] Financial Transparency On Interim Financing
Tom, I agree with you in principle. I believe that the financial reporting
done at the IEEE 802 plenary sessions should serve as a model for the
information that participants should be provided. If you do not believe
that the plenary financial disclosure is adequate (for example your
reference to a request to quote the market room rates for the hotel) then
you should first take that type of issue up at the 802 plenary, rather than
try to create a different set of criteria for the financial information
disclosed at interim meetings.
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
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President, LAN Connect Consultants
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From: "Thomas Dineen" <tdineen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org>; <stds-802-3@ieee.org>; "Thomas Dineen"
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Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:37 PM
Subject: [802.3] Financial Transparency On Interim Financing
>
> Gentle People:
>
> Given the admonishment posted the reflector in the
> last few days by our esteemed chair a question and a
> potential new requirement for financial transparency
> comes to mind.
>
> Should there be more disclosure of the financing
> of Interim meetings? In cases where the host bears
> the whole cost I would think not as this would be
> a private matter.
>
> But what about cases where the membership is
> requested to pay a meeting fee or pay an increased
> hotel room rate for the meeting? In cases where the
> membership is requested to pay all or part of the
> meeting fees I would think is is appropriate to
> require the full disclosure or the details of the
> meeting financing!
>
> Such details would include:
>
> -Sources or revenue:
> - The amount of host subsitity if any.
> - The amount of fee increment added to the hotel
> room rate above the market rate of the room.
>
> -Spending structure:
> - Meeting room rental.
> - Equipment costs.
> - Catering costs if any.
>
> The bottom line is that if the individual members
> are paying for the meeting with their fees they have
> a right to know these financing details.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thomas Dineen