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