I second that. All in favor of "no thanks"? On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:18 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 12/1/22 14:12, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:07 PM Randall Kindig <randall.kindig@gmail.com> wrote:
I interviewed Ed for the Floppy Days Podcast a couple of years ago (
https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-100-ed-smith-developer-of-apf-mp10...). Neat
story. He didn’t ask for a fee to be on my podcast. Just sayin’
That may be because the perception that VCF East has big bucks to spend on speakers. We do not. It has grown big enough with many big and/or popular speakers in vintage computer speakers. He had emailed me out of the blue. I called him on the phone. He mentioned a speaker fee. I explained that we are a non-profit, that we have never paid a fee and that is way beyond our budget. That's when he offered $2000 for a virtual talk. He already has a book, so I don't know why he is asking for money. I would think it would be better for him to just plug his book at our show.
It seems pretty clear that he just needs some cash and is trying to capitalize on what he's got. I can relate, sure, but IMO the answer here should really be a very clear "no thanks".
(I had initially typed something different there)
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA