Mr. Casaca said that high prices and the fact that only about 200 copies are sold worldwide indicate that the cost factor should be taken seriously. Mr. Delman said that the performance of the series should also be evaluated on the background of a decreased conference attendance rate. Mr. Reis pointed that ACM and IEEE CS proceedings were cheaper and Mr. Delman said that may be so because these societies have a large income from membership subscriptions and do not have additional marketing costs while Kluwer has to work with Agents and cannot charge membership dues. Mr. Rolstadas urged everyone to start thinking about higher quality rather than high prices. The main customers of IFIP proceedings are libraries.
Individuals represent a secondary market segment.
Mr. Casaca agreed that quality is important but there were WGs that find Kluwer publications expensive and will be forced to publish elsewhere. Mr. Bollerslev informed Council that an agreement was reached with Kluwer to have the SEC 2000 proceedings included in the Congress 2000 CD-Rom. 4.6 Congresses 4.6.1 WCC 2000 Mr. Wah , Congress 2000 IPC Chair, presented the IPC and OC report which included update information on Congress developments, the electronic submission system, information on keynote speakers, special events and a schedule for the time until Congress 2002. More than 2000 papers were submitted including over 700 from overseas attendees. The target attendance was 2000 including 800 from outside China.