IEEE is ridiculous. Sometimes I feel ashamed for admitting that I maintain an IEEE membership (which is really just for the journals anyway). And then I get even more annoyed when I look at how I pay IEEE something around $800.00 / year for all my society memberships and journal subs, and still routinely find that I don't have access to something I find while Googling, without paying another $30.00 or more.
This is all really leading me to want to get more involved in the whole IEEE governance process and maybe try to help spark some kind of initiative to cut down on the access fees for IEEE content. Or maybe an initiative like that already lives... I'm not sure. If there is, I feel like I should find it and get involved.
IEEE used to be a quasi-viable way for an individual to get decent insurance.
I love IACR, IFCA, USENIX. I kind of wish there were a "hacker con" organization equivalent to IFCA, covering the regional cons, defcon/blackhat, etc., for things like providing a searchable repository of papers, talks, etc., and maybe a common cfp repository.
This is all really leading me to want to get more involved in the whole IEEE governance process and maybe try to help spark some kind of initiative to cut down on the access fees for IEEE content. Or maybe an initiative like that already lives... I'm not sure. If there is, I feel like I should find it and get involved.