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Well guys do not go to extremes, I think that fees are reasonable and absolutely required. Non for profit does not mean all for nothing and what about all these organization procedures that are to be done to prepare everything and to nvite the right persons to lecture. Keep it up I am going to take part in your conference it’s importance is high priority for me.

Dear C. Chalmers:

This pledge is quite simple: event income won’t exceed event costs. The numbers are such that it will be tough for us even to break even, much as we’d like to do so. Bloggers who attend will get their money’s worth, and then some.

Best,
John

“This conference, like everything we do at the Berkman Center, is not-for-profit. No one or no institution will make a dime on it, no matter how many people decide to come and to pay. That’s been the plan from the start and a pledge to everyone thinking of participating.”
I don’t have any dog in this fight, and stumbled on this dispute. But I read the above and could not believe my eyes. From Harvard? If the event income exceeds its costs it is profit in most people’s view. The organization may be non-profit, but individual events or activities are not necessarily so. The more money the more for salaries or other events, etc. Are webloggers supposed to be the gullible?

“This conference, like everything we do at the Berkman Center, is not-for-profit. No one or no institution will make a dime on it, no matter how many people decide to come and to pay. That’s been the plan from the start and a pledge to everyone thinking of participating.”
I don’t have any dog in this fight, and stumbled on this dispute. But I read the above and could not believe my eyes. From Harvard? If the event income exceeds its costs it is profit in most people’s view. The organization may be non-profit, but individual events or activities are not necessarily so. The more money the more for salaries or other events, etc. Are webloggers supposed to be the gullible?

Is Orlowski angling for equal time on the internet? It seems to me from reading the Register article that his problem is more with the political leanings of those who are becoming popular through weblogs, than the medium itself.

We see the same thing going on with conservative talk radio. Rather than demand equal time, put some quality interesting stuff out that people want to read/listen to, and voila, you have an audience.

Maybe Orlowski doesn’t want blogs to appear in his Google search because he disagrees politically with most of the popular blog authors, and often times, blog authors are commenting on or criticizing pieces published in major media outlets or The Register. Therefore, maybe he also doesn’t want other searchers to read what the blog authors have to say.

With the full blown media bias we have to put up with these days, I (and maybe I’m alone) appreciate the opportunity to get a little context with which to evaluate what I’m reading and hearing.

I’ve found that I have to wade through completely irrelevant search results (non-blog) than I do blogs that are posting on the topic for which I’ve searched. When I do hit a blog while looking for something else, I often find a link to what I need.