[802SEC] RE: Florida Tax on LANs
Bob-
Sounds good to me.
Should such discriminatory tax still be under consideration by the state
of Florida when we convene in November, I would be happy to 2nd a motion
to cancel scheduled 802 meetings in Florida and to send an appropriate
advisory letter with copies to the Florida state chamber of commerce, the
governor and the officers of the legislature.
Buzz, please advise of the financial implications.
(No, I do not want to spend March at DFW or in Albuquerque.)
BTW speaking of taxes, when I was in Ireland I was told by our landlady
at a B&B that the Irish government taxes citizens 40 Euros/year for
each credit card they hold.
Geoff
At 05:01 PM 10/8/2003 -0700, Grow, Bob wrote:
When
I saw this I though fantastic, an alternative to a mariachi band.
The seemingly obligatory mariachi band in Albuquerque is for me almost as
bad as the hotel room challenges.
As long as I am dumping on meeting locations, please note the following
relevant to March/Florida, how about an 802 led boycott of Florida?
By
Jeff
Caruso
Network World High Speed LANs Newsletter,
09/02/03
The state of Florida is mulling a rule
that could result in taxation of computer networks - both WAN and
LAN.
The rule is taking businesses by surprise, according to a story in the
Orlando Business Journal:
http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2003/08/25/story1.html
The article says the state would tax networks 9.17%, and local districts
could add their own tax to it. What exactly would be taxed? Either the
lease payments or annual depreciation of network equipment, according to
the article.
<snip>
--Bob Grow
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From: Rigsbee, Everett O
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Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:32 PM
To: Geoff Thompson
Cc: Grow, Bob; scarlson@hspdesign.com; rbrand@nortelnetworks.com;
dawns@facetoface-events.com; p.nikolich@ieee.org; 802 Exec
Subject: RE: Music at the Albuquerque Social
Geoff, Does this mean we
need to find a WiFi guitar to present a balanced program
??? :-)
Anyone for WiFi mariachi's
???
Thanx, Buzz
Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
Boeing - SSG
PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
(425) 865-2443 Fx: (425) 865-6721
everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
- -----Original Message-----
- From: Geoff Thompson
[mailto:gthompso@nortelnetworks.com]
- Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:20 PM
- To: sarora@gibson.com
- Cc: gthompso@nortelnetworks.com; bob.grow@intel.com;
scarlson@hspdesign.com; rbrand@nortelnetworks.com;
dawns@facetoface-events.com; Rigsbee, Everett O; p.nikolich@ieee.org
- Subject: Music at the Albuquerque
Social
- Shri-
- Enjoyed talking at lunch today.
- Thanks a lot for your offer to provide live music and a demo of the
Gibson Ethernet Guitar at the 802 Social.
-
- The folks to actually discuss the offer with are the meeting and
therefore the Social planners who are:
- Dawn C. Slykhouse, IEEE 802 Conference Organizer
- Email: dawns@facetoface-events.com
- Face To Face Events, Inc.
- 2699 Iversen Court
- Santa Clara, CA. 95051
- Tel: 408/241-8906
- Fax: 408/241-8918
- Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
- Executive Secretary, IEEE 802
- C/o Boeing - SSG
- PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
- Seattle, WA 98124-2207
- (425) 865-2443 Fx: (425) 865-6721
- everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
- Dawn is the professional meeting planner who actually runs the
plenaries. She is local.
- Buzz is the Executive secretary of IEEE 802 and overseeing meeting
arrangements is his job.
- I'm not just sure how they divide up duties on planning for the
entertainment at the social, but I suggest that you call Dawn as a first
point of contact.
- I hope to see you again soon,
- Best regards,
- Geoff
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