Gary, I am organizing the Historical Track for the AES Convention. None of my presenters will be asked to pay the fee since they are panelists and presenters as outlined above. I do not believe there is any deception in play as you suggest, since the overwhelming majority of those involved will be designated as presenters/panelists for their workshops or panels. Best, Gary Gottlieb Eastern Region Vice President, Co-Chair, AES Historical Committee and Conference Policy Committee, Audio Engineering Society Executive Director,St. Louis Audio Project http://stlaudio.org/ Author, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond, Recording on the Go & How Does It Sound Now? (Winner of the 2010 ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research) http://stlaudio.org/gottlieb/ On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 3:35 PM Gary A. Galo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jessica, > > This is simply playing word games. The AES has substituted a Presenting > Author Fee for the convention registration fee. Either way, the presenter > pays $470.00. In the past, there was no presenting author fee and > presenters got a free, all-access badge for the convention. So, presenters > now have to pay $470.00, whereas before they paid nothing. > > And, it's a real slap in the face to Life Members and Fellows, who > previously got their all-access registration fees waved. Now, if they > present, they have to pay $470.00, whereas in the past they paid nothing. > > There is no misinformation, as I see it. > > Gary > > ____________________________ > > Gary Galo > Audio Engineer Emeritus > The Crane School of Music > SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 > > "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." > Arnold Schoenberg > > "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." > Igor Markevitch > > "If you design an audio system based on the premise that nothing is > audible, > on that system nothing will be audible." > G. Galo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jessica Thompson > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ARSCLIST] AES presenter fee clarification > > There has been some misleading information circulating about speaker fees > for the AES convention. Per the convention organizers: > > > Presenters/panelists who participate in the AES 147th > workshops/tutorials/masterclasses program will receive a complimentary > Four-day All Access Badge and will NOT be required to pay a registration > fee. > > > > The Presenting Author Fee is different than and separate from the > registration fee, and is required for all presenting authors with > peer-reviewed papers or engineering briefs. > > -- > *Jessica Thompson Audio LLC* > http://jessicathompsonaudio.com/ >