[SBE] SBE Chapter Attendance & Membership

[chscherer at everestkc.net]

It's semantics, but the idea is the same. Think of a gathering like a chapter meeting but delivered via a Web link. It won't technically be a chapter, but that gets into the details of how chapters are formed and administered. It would be an online gathering for members regardless.

I use the term webinar, but I was not thinking of a charge for these events. There was no charge for the national webcast last fall. That's more like the concept I had in mind.


And as far as the Web events being expensive -- look at the hard costs involved and go from there. They add up fast. Bandwidth still costs real money.



----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Carter <sbe at hidden-valley.com>
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:30 am
Subject: Re: [SBE] SBE Chapter Attendance & Membership


> I think I'd like an Internet Chapter.

> 

> I would be much more likely to participate in some fashion if 

> there were an Internet Chapter.

> 

> I'd like to draw a distinction here between the "webinars" and a 

> true Internet Chapter.  By this I mean when there's a presentation at a normal 

> SBE Chapter meeting, I don't think the hat is passed around, but it seems that 

> there's always some sort of charge associated with these "webinars", at 

> least the ones I knew about.  

> 

> Considering that it costs much less to put on a "webinar" than a 

> conference or most sorts of "live" events, why are they so expensive?




> On Sunday March 16 2008 13:02, Sam Garfield wrote:

> > Any thoughts on Internet SBE Chapter?