Hi,
On 2010-2-5, at 16:52, Aaron Falk wrote:
Details about this event and registration information are posted on-line as:
http://netfpga.org/tutorials/IETF2010/index.php
the page says: "Cost of the tutorial is $200."
I'm trying to understand if this is a for-profit event. The reason is that I'm
growing somewhat concerned with the recent trend to have more and more non-IETF
meetings during or adjacent to the IETF weeks, which distract or at least take
energy away from the IETF-related meetings (Sunday has always been *the* day to
prepare for the week). But at least so far, those events have been free to
attend.
If we're now seeing events co-located with the IETF that charge attendance
fees, we're running the real risk of having folks get day-passes for the IETF
in order to attend non-IETF meetings. (The cost of this tutorial is ~1/3 of an
IETF registration.) Conversely, I don't see the chance of getting additional
attendees into the IETF based on these side meetings.
Thanks,
Lars
PS: I do believe that the topic of this particular tutorial is interesting for
a good chunk of the IETF attendees, myself included. My main concern is the
monetary aspect, a minor concern the potential with taking energy away from the
IETF week.
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