I've no problem with the badge being checked, and I think, at least in my
case, it has been done in a very non-intrusive way. It increase the security
for our personal staff and IETF/hosts properties, so that's good and it also
helps to avoid people not paying to enter for free.
However, I'm more concerned about something related. I've been observing
since several meetings ago that some people that show as "non-paid" have got
their badges (or at least I see them in the meetings), and I think some of
them appear in many consecutive meetings.
I understand that a small number of people is part of the host team, or
future host, NOC, etc., and I see they appear as "Comp" and/or Host.
Not sure if Comp stands for Complementary? If that's the case, I think it
needs to be MORE obvious if is just complementary for an unknown (to most of
us I guess) reason or is all part of the host/next host/NOC.
I will use a more clear rations, such as "NOC", "host", "n. host" and I
think the community needs to understand, for the rest of the cases, what it
means complementary and why is that done (not sure if there is an RFC that
states "special complementary cases").
Why I'm asking this is that observing the 15$ increase in the cost of IETF,
vs. the number of "comp" folks (across certain number of meetings), we could
have saved that attendance cost increase.
Note that I'm not saying "comp" should not be done, but we need a more clear
rational/explanation about that, not only for cost reasons but also for
making sure that when we see someone in the meeting rooms that hasn't paid,
we can make sure that is not someone "faking" the system and attending at
our expenses.
Regards,
Jordi
From: Brian E Carpenter <brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
Organization: University of Auckland
Reply-To: <brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:09:46 +1300
To: IETF discussion list <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Cc: <iaoc(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Subject: Badges and blue sheets
On 2010-11-12 12:32, Lawrence Conroy wrote:
...
Do I think the introduction of badge police to control access to IETF
WG meetings is a big deal?
I think that freeriders attending our meetings without paying their
share of costs would be a big deal.
I think that patent trolls attending our meetings without identifying
themselves and signing the blue sheets would be a big deal.
I am very happy to have my badge checked and I would be even happier
if the blue sheets could be automated.
Brian
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