another datapoint for those keeping score. I am aware of people who
register, pay
and don't attend. seems that IETF attendance is a value proposition.
is it worth it (to my organization/self) to spend the time, money,
effort to engage in the
IETF and its processes?
for some, the burden of recent years (the "note well", the slipping off
of long-time support
in favor of quasi-autonomous independence, the IPR constraints, the
increase in fees) changed
the equation and there are people who don't participate anymore. I
think the community
is poorer as a result.
perhaps we should take a leaf from the IoT community and insist on
implanted RFID tags
as our badges? surely that would make it easier to track attendees
and allow for a much
finer grained billing structure?
--bill
On 16November2010Tuesday, at 10:01, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
Ok, so then let's ask for comp status.
I've been paying from my own pocket all my IETF registration and traveling
expenses from the last 2 years, and can't further do it, specially because
it seems to me that the systems is unfair if we don't have good reasons to
justify each case.
You make two claims without any justification: 1. The system is
"unfair" and 2. We don't have good reasons. Not exactly a good
starting point for your "application".
You are not the only person who has paid part or all his/her
registration and travel expenses. Welcome to the club.
Let me know what the IAOC needs from me to justify my case. I'm happy to
send it publicly.
The "comp status" is given in exceptional circumstances for people who
really need to be present at the meeting, such as those running the
NOC, IESG members without corporate (or private) support etc. If you
fall into any of those categories, I see no reason why you could not
ask for support. This is at the discretion of the IETF chair in most
cases.
Regards,
Jordi
Ole
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Cisco Systems
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