From: DR J MICHIE (JM5@sun.ac.za)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 08:17:59 EST
On 4 Jun 02, at 9:42, Alice L. Givan wrote: > Note the "I" in "ISAC." We need to think more globally. Travel > within > Canada is not considered to be "foreign travel" to scientists and > students who live in Canada. Even though a significant part of ISAC > membership is from the US, I think it is only fair to move this > meeting around and to give different people a chance to travel > cheaply and to get travel grants from their home governments or > institutions. So let's give the Canadians a break this time. > > In addition, we need to remember that, to all the ISAC members > from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, and South America, travel > to one place in North America is just like travel to any other place > in North America. From: DR J MICHIE <JM5@sun.ac.za> To: cyto-inbox Subject: Re: ISAC 2006 location Date sent: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:40:35 +0200 Apart from the fact that air travel costs to the North America is very costly from South Africa, the $/Rand exchange rate makes Registartion, Accomodation and Subsistance extremely expensive for us. As an employee of one of the State Hospitals funded by the Government, there is no money available to subsidise Congress expenses (even local). So it boils down to deciding whether the large number of Rands it would take to attend Congresses overseas, which would have to be taken from Research Grant Funds for Projects, might be better spent in buying biochemicals, equipment, etc. (which also are all imported and very expensive). Having said that, I must say that the ISAC Congress that I attended in Rimini in '96 was the most stimulating and rewarding in terms of knowledge gained, of any Congress that I have attended. A lot of that stems from the willingness of people involved in flow to share ideas, knowledge, tips and advice - a phenomenon that I consider to be rather unique in the world of science. Best regards from Cape Town, on a lovely sunny and mild Winter day. John On 5 Jun 02, at 9:28, Alice L. Givan wrote: > Hello John, > I hope you have sent that note to the mailing list at large. We need > to keep reminding people that ISAC is an INTERNATIONAL society. > Americans get pretty provincial if someone doesn't remind them often > that there are other people in the world! > > In addition, most of the people making decisions for ISAC are fairly > well funded (and I believe get their travel and costs to ISAC meetings > paid for by ISAC). So they are not that sensitive to the funding > issues of scientists and students not as lucky as they are. We need > to keep reminding them of how the other half lives.....
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