[Sigmet-officers] draft of SIGMET workshop proposal, for comments and information

[Xu, Shenmeng]

Hi Neil,


Thank you for your email. Here are my thoughts:


1. I agree that Nov 12 is a better choice since there might be more participants.


2. The fees seem to be much lower compared to the past few years.

Here are the fees for SIG/MET workshop that I was able to find online:

2015: $285 (SIG members) / $295 (non-members)

2016: $170 (SIG members) / $190 (non-members)

2017: $230 (SIG members) / $260 (non-members)

I see in the budget report of last year that with an estimation of 30 participants, the income of the workshop is $7950 and the expenses of it is $5700 . I don't see the details, however. Since I also have no experience with the fees, I am not sure if the proposed $140/$100/$60 can cover our expenses for the workshop? Any input would be very much appreciated.


3. The deadline dates seem to be a bit earlier than those of the past years if I remembered correctly, but I think it is good to plan them early.



Best,

Shenmeng




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Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] draft of SIGMET workshop proposal, for comments and information


Hi all,

here are my thougths on the workshop proposal:
1. I agree to hold the workhop on Nov 12 as there might be more participants on the first day of the conference.
2. I have no experience with the fees, but it seems reasonable to me. Maybe we could reduce the student fee even more. I remember discussing something in this regard at the meeting in Washington? And we should also promote the student discount properly on our website (as for 2017, I cannot remember that there was a discount announced).
3. Deadline dates are reasoable to me as well.

Another thing I noted: On the first page, right column, the text needs to be updated, as it reports on the 2016 workshop and the plans for the 2017 workshop.

Best,
Christine


Am 26.01.2018 um 22:57 schrieb Smalheiser, Neil R:

Here is a first draft of the proposal (see attached). I have highlighted in yellow three things that need special consideration and group decision-making:

1.      Should we hold the workshop on Nov.12 or Nov. 15, ie. The first or last day of the conference? I said Nov 12, what does everyone think?

2.      I put the registration fees at the same level as 2017. How do we decide what the right fee should be?

3.      Please check the proposed deadline dates. Do they look ok or should we move one or more of them up or down?



And finally, please let me know that you have received this and can view the attachment. I have been spending out a lot of emails that get no replies at all, makes me wonder if they are living only in cyberspace.



Neil



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