At 16:57 14/12/2000 -0800, Jelena Mirkovic wrote:
Errrr....so some people get cut off even during registration process???
What does it mean active? How about newcomers?
Would it not be a nice idea to simply find a hotel with enough number
of big rooms so that everyone who wants can fit in? At least at
registration time? And then you can have stand-by for people that did not
register but suddenly decided they would like to attend some sessions.
there is a little problem with the timelines of IETF planning...
if you have a BOF meeting at time T, the timeline is roughly:
T-2 years: Contract with hotel is signed
T-3 months: Most participants register
T-2 months: BOF proponents start registering
T-1 month: BOF is announced
T-1 week: BOF agenda is posted
T-3 days: Last BOF participants decide to attend the IETF
T-5 minutes: Lots of IETF participants decide to attend the BOF
T: BOF happens
T+5 minutes: Complaints about room crowding hit the IETF list :-)
If someone wants changes to earlier decisions based on events that happen
later, please send one (1) time machine to the IETF secretariat.
(guessing is what we already do!)
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