(j3.2006) [Fwd: RE: Notification of 2018 INCITS Membership Fees and Invoicing Schedule]

[Bill Long]

Hi Van,

Interestingly, I got a personal email from Lynn saying that I needed to get the agreement signed as well.  A bit surprising since our lawyers signed it in the summer of 2015 shortly after it came out.  I replied asking if we need to continually resend copies of this thing.

In looking back at my files to get proof we already signed, I noticed the bills for membership in past years.  Wow, the price has really gone up - way way more than inflation.  Maybe they spent the money on an expensive database system that looses documents.

Cheers,
Bill

> On Aug 30, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Van Snyder <van.snyder at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Lynn:
> 
> When I asked who at JPL should sign the INCITS membership agreement, one
> of my line managers responded:
> 
>> I quickly read this and seriously doubt ANYONE at jpl will sign it.
>> INCITS says it is an ADVOCACY organization on behalf of its members.
>> AGU is also an adovcacy org and does not ask that we AGU members sign
>> ON BEHALF of JPL. Ditto for IEEEE. So what do they advocate? All the
>> lawyers for Caltech and JPL would have to agree to this, and I
>> seriously doubt they will. 
> 
> If you change the membership agreement so that it states that for
> purposes of this membership, INCITS is an ANSI contractor responsible
> for programming language standards, there is some chance that somebody
> will sign it.
> 
> There is some question whether it is legal for any US Government agency
> or contractor to pay for a membership in an advocacy organization.
> 
> Otherwise, I shall be required to relinquish my membership as a
> representative of Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  At your current
> price, I shall not join PL22.3 as a private member.
> 
> Van
> 
> 
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