Thus it was written in the epistle of Wirt Atmar,
>
> However, let me not sound like a curmudgeon in all of this. I have absolutely
> no complaint about people making a profit for their efforts. I simply believe
> that it's important for people to understand that any charge above and beyond
> $50-100/day is profit for the organizing institution, thus for a 3-1/2 day
> meeting, any registration fee charge above $350 (max) ($175 more nominally)
> is wholly profit.

Wirt,
  I think it bears asking how much of the cost of those other meetings is
subsidized.  While I think that Interex's prices are high, it bears remembering
that academic institutions, business and government are all commonly involved
subsidizing research.

Ted
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