[eclipse.org-eclipsecon-program-committee] Discounts requiring all speak

[Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bjorn, Anne,

The following is what someone receives
after signing their speaker agreement:

Thank you for signing your speaker agreement, however we're using peer
pressure to get e-signature on speaker agreements and thus all co-authors
must sign their agreements before any of you can register using the author
discount coupons. Thus we urge you to convince your co-authors to e-sign as
soon as possible. Thank you.

An automated email on behalf of:
the EC 2009 Operations Staff
Anne Jacko & Bjorn Freeman-Benson, Eclipse Foundation
Mary Cameron & Cija Huntley, Meeting Strategies Worldwide

This is a problem if the speakers are
from different companies.  Every company has it's own approval process
for signing such agreements.  They also have their own funding process.
 Peer pressure will not change the speeds of these processes
as they can be mostly out of the speaker's hands.  It can only create
friction between people who are trying to work cross company. 

We are really fortunate in Eclipse that
we can work so freely cross company.  We obviously would like to encourage
this as much as possible.  Thus I'm against anything that can damage
those relationships.  I strongly feel we should remove this restriction
of all speakers signing before one can register.  One signature, one
registration.

Regards,
Kevin