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Habib,
I want to reiterate Celia's point. I've seen the budgets for the IEEE
and ACM on this point. There is a 15-20% charge to meetings that goes
back to the parent organization, but it's not "profit" by any means.
That money goes as follows:
- when conferences lose money (and they sometimes do),
that money helps cover the loss
- conferences receive support from the IEEE that costs
money:
- they negotiate contracts with the hotels and
banquet sites, often getting much reduced rates
because the IEEE will return soon, even though a given
conference will not return for many years
- they insure us. if a paper is submitted and someone
decides it was handled improperly, the IEEE helps
indemnify us against such suits. they also help
us if/when someone is injured at a meeting
- the support us via their website and advertisements
e.g., including us in their list of upcoming meetings,
etc
- as Celia noted, in the IEEE the conferences also help support
the journals. the fees for each journal do not pay the costs
required to publish it
I have run numerous conferences in both the IEEE and ACM. In both cases
I have received substantial support from staff - staff who are
full-time, who are paid employees of the IEEE.
As Celia noted, if you doubt *any* of this, please look at the numbers
first.
Joe
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