RE: Review of DASC membership fees

> I STILL don't see why DASC (or DASC-SC) should be
> more expensive than a WG to operate. I think there
> is a sort of corporate-ladder unspoken assumption
> that SC activities should be worth more than WG activities.
> I'm trying to point out that this should be false.

Anyone can take selective data and apply it. The P1800 WG has a budget
of $120k (this is after Accellera has already spent on order of $150k or
more). P1850 is looking at a possible budget around $50-70k. I am
trying to raise funds for 1076 on the order of >$100k. This does not
include any in-kind contributions of people's time, meeting facilities
and teleconference facilities. (And as Dennis has pointed, most WGs are
getting web hosting, etc. services that are paid for by Accellera and
equipment, time, etc. donated by others.)

None of this is new information. It has been explained before that some
(generally but not exclusively smaller standards) can operate with
minimal budgets. But, you can't extrapolate that to all WGs. Clearly,
you continue to ignore the facts since your view of the world conflicts
with reality.

Based on this information, a budget of ~$20k for DASC is not
unreasonable as it is a fraction of the costs of the money going into WG
activities.

-Steve Bailey
Received on Sat Nov 20 15:02:59 2004