On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, John Stracke wrote:
"Self-funded" is problematic, though: how do you tell the
difference between someone who really is paying his own way and
someone who's going to expense it? And what about a consultant
with his own small business; if he owns the business outright, and
the business pays the way, is that self-funded or not?
Maybe a bit -- but, if you're self funded then you have no
affiliation on your badge.
So I could pass for self-funded by not telling putting down a company
name on my registration?
Yes.
I think other organizations make this kind of distinction work by
giving more rights to people who pay more; that would be the
opposite of what we want to do here.
I was specifically thinking of SIGCOMM's student travel grant
program -- in which the above is not the case.
But "student" is a well-defined class, with a moderately good means to
check. "Self-funded" is neither.
Former might still apply, to some extent. Of course "self-funded" price
should probably be higher than "student" price, for obvious reasons.
Certainly, I'd have qualified for "student" myself, but have always made
my company pay the full price: the IETF needs the money more than my
company, I've gathered.
If the difference would be like 100-200 dollars, or whatnot, would people
bother? Without company in the nametag, it would be for all to see, too.
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