Re: [Tccc] Cost of attendance from developing countries / in general

I agree, I have used EDAS for many conferences in different capacity
including as a Technical program co-chair. I have also found it to be
very useful that provides flexible and easy configuration tools. In
particular, it is very useful to use EDAS for continuing conferences.

In some instances, for certain IEEE related workshop and seminar style
one day event that does not need any paper management, EDAS has also
allowed the organizers to use it without charging except for required
credit card surcharge.

Thanks
Ashutosh

Rute Sofia wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I assume that the majority of us in Tccc is aware that there are
> alternatives that are free. But that is not the point. EDAS still
> remains, IMO, as *the* best conference mgt tool available. Moreover, it
> allows us to keep history per user (TPCs, organizers, papers submitted,
> etc), which is great. Not to mention that the majority of us has used
> it/is using it, and that it's a tool that is flexible enough to be
> changed upon request.
>
> The point that I tried to transmit is that when organizing smaller
> events, the EDAS costs become significant. Possibly this is not the case
> if we consider an event such as Infocom or Globecom, but for the regular
> conferences around, this is something that could be considered.
>
> Still, EDAS costs are peanuts in comparison to the other items that
> Henning and others (e.g. Roch) listed or mentioned.
>
> Rute
>
>
> On 12/07/2009 01:45 PM, Martin Gilje Jaatun wrote:
>> Ashutosh Dutta wrote:
>>>> - EDAS costs (which also count for the events that use it and that are
>>>> possibly the majority of the cases) should charge based on the number of
>>>> papers accepted (and not submitted);
>>>>
>>> There is maintenance involved for *all* the papers submitted (accepted + rejected) that get reviewed, although there is little bit more
>>> maintenance work for those accepted papers. Thus, asking EDAS to charge
>>> *only* for the accepted papers may not be a fair thing.
>>>
>> If you don't want to pay EDAS costs, there are always free alternatives
>> such as EasyChair, used by many conferences that publish with IEEE.
>>
>> -Martin
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