Hi Andrew, I wanted to get back to you regarding the correspondence below. As you could imagine, we are deluged with requests for Cory. He would love to do everything but he can't. So, we have set up an honorarium structure which would help us determine the events that he would consider doing and those that he might have to pass. His honorarium is $25k (U.S.D.) +his travel & expenses. Since he will now be living in the UK, there might be some flexibility on his fee. What would you be able to come up with? I look forward to hearing from you. Andrew Walker Executive Vice President American Program Bureau, Inc. 313 Washington Street, Suite 225 Newton, MA 02458 Direct: 617-614-1611 Toll Free: 800-225-4575 ext. 1611 Fax: 617-614-1701 Email: awalker@apbspeakers.com Web: www.apbecampus.com -----Original Message----- From: Cory Doctorow [mailto:doctorow@craphound.com] Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 5:33 AM To: Andrew Godwin; Andrew Walker Subject: Re: One talk invitation (of, probably, very many) Hey, Andrew! Andrew Walker -- cc'ed above -- is my speaking agent. He's the guy to sort out all the monetary details. Cory Andrew Godwin wrote: > I imagine we can come up with something, although our spending power is > not the greatest in the world. Roughly what amount would we be discussing? > > Andrew > > > Cory Doctorow wrote: >> Hey, Andrew! Is this the kind of thing where the societies could >> afford to pay an honorarium? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Cory >> >> Andrew Godwin wrote: >>> I can only begin to imagine the mindbogglingly large amount of email you >>> get, so I'll try to keep this short, and will probably fail. >>> >>> As far as I can tell, it seems you're moving back over the Atlantic to >>> London again some time in the near future. If this is indeed the case, >>> I'd like to ask if, at some point, you might consider coming up to >>> Oxford and giving a DRM-ish talk for the Oxford University Computer >>> Society (www.ox.compsoc.net). >>> >>> We're not a massive, sprawling society, but a few other societies have >>> also shown interest in such a talk, and I'm quite sure we could whip up >>> a decent audience for you; such a talk would, of course, be open to >>> anyone willing to come along! >>> >>> Anyway, hopefully it's something to consider if you have a weekday >>> evening free sometime in October/November. Of course, I may have read >>> this completely wrong and guessed wrongly about your future locations; >>> in this case, please feel free to catapult this email into the Gorge Of >>> Eternal Peril. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andrew Godwin >>> > > -- Cory Doctorow doctorow@craphound.com latest collection: craphound.com/overclocked latest novel: craphound.com/someone blog: boingboing.net vanity: craphound.com podcast: feeds.feedburner.com/doctorow_podcast second novel: craphound.com/est collection: craphound.com/place novel: craphound.com/down Join my mailing list and find out about upcoming books, stories, articles and appearances: http://www.ctyme.com/mailman/listinfo/doctorow READ CAREFULLY. By reading this email, you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies ("BOGUS AGREEMENTS") that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.