I agree we shouldn't be paying speaker fees. More importantly, I second the motion to get Bil Herd a gift and am also willing to make a donation towards said gift. Lifetime Support of VCF Award, methinks? On 12/1/2022 5:21 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
if we wanted to get Bill Herd a gift for all he has done and you wanted a donation for that, just let me know.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 4:45 PM Jeff S via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On that note, we're probably in for $100,000 or so for Bil Herd. LOL
Yeah, count me in on the "no thanks" vote.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:01 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
2) $5000 is a lot of money for a talk for a non-profit. 3) Paying a speaker would set a precedent that others might ask for as well as make previous speakers ask "Why wasn't I paid?"