webinars of all flavors: structural, MEP, architectural, etc. Then we
invite 60-80 employees to watch it on our 12 ft. HD screen. We buy
lunch. They each get a PDH. Everybody wins, and it's all legit.
Stan
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Scott Maxwell <smaxwell@umich.edu> wrote:
> Actually, NCSEA does NOT have individual membership. NCSEA is a association
> of associations. Thus, when you pay membership fee as an individual you are
> paying that money to a local structural engineering organization that then
> might be a member of NCSEA. To some this might be splitting hairs, but in
> the real "dollars and cents" sense, it is a big deal...of the $200, only
> very small portion of it goes to NCSEA in the forms of dues (it was
> something like $10 per member of the local organization at one time...might
> have increased since then, but I am confident it is not much).
>
> The $200 membership that you mention is a sustaining membership fee for a
> structural engineer FIRM (which could conceivably be an individual
> practicing engineer). I am guessing that not too many firms do that and if
> they do, it is purely because they believe in supporting NCSEA, not because
> they directly get something.
>
> I will also note that the $250 for the seminar is the fee for one INTERNET
> connection...not one person. It clearly states that "several people may
> attend for one connection fee." Thus, you could have 5 people (they are
> rather unspecific as to how many "several" constitutes) sitting around the
> computer watching the webinar. In theory, you could have a room of 30
> people sitting in front of a projector (don't know if that constitutes
> "several" or not...nor how they might deal with PDHs at least in terms of
> official documentation of them).
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
> Adrian, MI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Maynard [mailto:d_maynard@wester-wetstein.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:15 AM
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Subject: RE: I'm I just a small thinker?
>
> I totally agree with you, Bill. It's a one hour webinar that is more of a
> clarification of a design example.
>
>
>
> In my opinion, little things like this would be great to offer for free to
> their membership. Minimum membership fee is $200. What do you get for that
> money? Wouldn't the added benefit of free continuing education via webinars
> just like this be a nice addition?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> David Maynard
>
> Gillette, WY
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Bill Allen [mailto:t.w.allen@cox.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 10:24 PM
> To: Seaint
> Subject: I'm I just a small thinker?
>
>
>
> Or does anyone else think it is ludicrous to charge $250 for a webinar
> connection?
>
>
>
> I'm referring to http://ncsea.com/. Don't get me wrong; I think Doug
> Thompson is a fine speaker and the topic should be interesting.
>
>
>
> But $250 and not even a continental breakfast?
>
>
>
> Is it just me?
>
>
>
> T. William (Bill) Allen, S.E.
>
> ALLEN DESIGNS
>
> Consulting Structural Engineers
> V (949) 248-8588 • F(949) 209-2509
>
>
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