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

[Steve Lionel]

On 5/21/2020 3:35 PM, Bill Long via J3 wrote:
> 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.

Yes, I do this, as does Robert Corbett. My payment to INCITS was $1340 
for 2020 - it goes up every year. Just think, you wouldn't have to 
justify your membership to anyone else (other than your wife - mine 
approves.)

A nit - there is no such thing as an "individual membership" with 
INCITS. One pays the fee for organizations with revenue less than $1M.

Otherwise, the Emeritus status would be worthwhile if you wanted to be 
able to attend meetings and/or participate in the work. We did this for 
Stan, though he didn't get to enjoy it for long. But, yeah, the INCITS 
cost is dwarfed by travel costs (you at least don't have to pay airfare 
for Vegas meetings.)

Steve