In my case, since you directed it at me, it just means I have not had the
time to answer.  I have been on the road for the last few months.  Even
now, I am out of town.  Not an excuse, just an explanation.

As for the price issue, Interex is preparing a statement, into which I and
others have had input.  I think you will find that it is appropriate and
explains the situation well.

Let me just restate one thing for the record.  Yes, I am on the board of
directors of Interex.  However, one of the rules under which we operate is
that the board speaks publicly as one body and through the chairman or a
designated board member.  Interex speaks through the executive director or
the chairman of the board, or a designated person.  I, and several others
on the board and members of the Interex staff monitor this and other lists.
 We take notice of all threads pertaining to Interex and other related
issues.  It does not mean that we act/answer immediately, but we do notice.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
Interex Board Member.


-----Original Message-----
From:   John Clogg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, May 29, 2001 7:01 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: HPWorld cost

I thought by now someone from the Interex staff or Board of Directors would
have spoken up to defend/explain the high cost of the conference.  I
believe
their silence speaks volumes.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 3:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: HPWorld cost


Ted wrote:

> 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.

Although I've already answered Ted's question once, let me answer it again.

Today I received a notice for another meeting, this one a NASA/American
Museum of Natural History joint meeting on cluster supercomputing. While
this
meeting is on June 13th and 14th -- and somehow I must have missed the
first
several announcements -- I did notice that this meeting was "sponsored" by
Compaq, and this is after I said that meetings such as this are almost
never
sponsored by outside agencies.

To the best of my knowledge, I can never remember seeing any sort of
sponsoring agency at a normal scientific meeting. However, the registration
fee for this two-day meeting is an outrageous $10, and if that's what it
takes to drive the registration costs down from $50 to $10, I'm all for it
:-).

For more information about this meeting, or if you'd like to attend (and
these sorts of things are open to the public), please see:

     http://www.amnh.org/programs/conference/supercomputing/

Wirt Atmar

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