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Re: On Day Passes..

2010-03-25 07:36:34

On Mar 25, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Spencer Dawkins wrote:

So a month ago, I was wondering about something like

one day pass: $300
two day pass: $500
all week pass: $645 or whatever I paid this time

We might (in some cases, please see below for details) want to give some 
people a break sometimes, but quickly move most people to a full-week rate.

NOW: please forget all my math long enough to think about these points:

We seem to be awash in a sea of unintended consequences, not all good and 
not all bad, so tuning may be helpful.

If the goal is to provide access to the IETF for first-time attendees, maybe 
we should make day passes available for first-time attendees.

If the goal is to make sure that unemployed chairs, working group draft 
editors, and maybe even I-star members can come to IETF and contribute 
seriously to getting work done, maybe we should have an application 
procedure requesting a reduced registration price for the full week, similar 
to what we have for students today.

I have to wonder about this. Unless the meeting happens to be close to home, 
the travel costs are going to dominate your expenses. If you are from 
California, getting to Anaheim may be cheap, but getting to Maastricht in July 
is different. I tried Expedia with LAX-AMS-LAX. Cheapest I could find was $1530 
for the week, and flying for a day makes it even more expensive - over $2000.
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