On 5 Jul 2013, at 15:30, John C Klensin <john(_at_)jck(_dot_)com> wrote:
--On Friday, July 05, 2013 07:40 +0100
l(_dot_)wood(_at_)surrey(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk wrote:
It strikes me that 'membership fees' as opposed to 'entrance
fees' could work around this payment issue. Or incur a
different tax...
But the use of a term like "membership fee" has profound
implications for what the IETF claims is our way of doing
business.
I would add also that many organisations (and funding bodies) would not support
claims for "membership fees" where conference meeting registration fees are
perfectly accepted.
Tim