[CCGT] GridWorld/GGF15 Community Program

[Julie Wulf-Knoerzer]

cc: Community Council, Ann Collins

Hi Geoffrey,

One issue that I would like to discuss on next week's call is a policy 
proposal to the Event Steering Committee for community program registration 
waivers.  As you know, we budgeted a limited amount of waived registrations 
and granted these on a case-by-case basis for GGF14.  Moving forward 
(particularly in light of our relationship with IDG), we should have a 
clear policy on how/if these should be granted.  I would like to propose 
this policy to the ESC next Thursday - if approved, the next step is a 
formal request to IDG (who is managing the budget for GridWorld).

Initial questions (for the community council):
*Are registration waivers for community program speakers necessary?
*Should registration waivers be offered to all community program speakers 
or limited to tutorial instructors, invited speakers, etc?
*Will withholding any waivers adversely affect the ability to attract the 
quality of speakers desired for the Community Program?

I will request that Ann work with IDG to determine the costs associated 
with registration waivers for GridWorld and should be able to provide 
numbers soon for consideration in our proposal (i.e., cost per person for 
day passes vs. full week reg).  Presuming we have 2 speakers for each of 
our 90 minute slots, we are looking at a total of 46 people.

Also, as an FYI:
The community cfp (along with an online submission form) has been linked at 
http://www.ggf.org/ggf_events_ggf15.htm and blast email was sent today.  We 
have received workshop proposals from life sciences and 'campus grids' from 
PGS-RG.

Julie





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Julie Wulf-Knoerzer
Manager of Community Development
Global Grid Forum
wulf at ggf.org
ph. 630/252-7163
fax 630/252-4466