[J3] [EXTERNAL] All face to face INCITS or US-hosted ISO meetings cancelled for the rest of 2020

[Bill Long]

> On May 21, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Van Snyder via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 10:59 +0000, Bill Long via J3 wrote:
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>>> On May 21, 2020, at 2:15 AM, Van Snyder via J3 <
>>> j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org
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>>> On Wed, 2020-05-20 at 22:55 -0700, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach aka wash via J3 wrote:
>>>> Hello Fortran folks,
>>>> 
>>>> INCITS has cancelled all face to face meetings of INCITS committees and US hosted ISO meetings for the rest of the year. Just wanted to give y'all a heads up as I didn't see a post to your mailing lists about this yet.
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>>> Is INCITS going to extend our membership? We've canceled two meetings so far this year. I'll be retired, and my membership expired before the next meeting. It would be nice to be able to go to two meetings next year in place of two this year that INCITS canceled.
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>> A reasonable point. However, in your case, Van, you certainly qualify for emeritus membership as an individual (which is free) and I’m sre the committee wold support that.. It allows you to attend meetings and participate. Technically you can’t vote, but that rarely matters in practice anyway.  
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> Lynn told me that emeritus J3 members aren't allowed to go to WG5 meetings. I told her that J3 and WG5 have joint meetings. I asked if I have to leave the room when the meeting is in WG5 mode. She didn't have an answer.

Technically, I think it just means that your name is not on the list that INCITS sends to WG5.   The chance that Steve would make you go in the hall instead of watching WG5 proceedings seems quite remote.  Like with J3, you would not be able to participate in WG5 votes.  Seems minor. 

Besides, what are the options?.  You, like most of us, do not have a personal membership. Caltech is the member.  When you retire, you would no longer be their representative.  So, extending Caltech’s membership into 2021 would not seem to benefit you directly.   I see three options (and being not that far from retirement age myself, I have thought about this):

1) Cut all ties to the committee and actually “retire”.   Your family might prefer this option. But you might find it frustrating. But it is the cheapest, and offers the most freedom. 

2) Apply for emeritus membership (no membership cost), continue to attend meetings when you want to on your own dime for the travel costs, and, hopefully, continue to read papers and drafts, since you are an excellent proofreader. 

3) Buy, out of your own pocket, an individual membership (I think Steve does this).  This definitely costs money, but avoids any of the voting issues and you stay on the ISO list.  In the context of the amount it would cost to attend the meetings (once we are back to face-to-face mode), which would also be out of your pocket, the membership dues might not seem that bad. 

Cheers,
Bill

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