Re: [92all] IETF Hackathon at IETF 92, March 21-22, Dallas, TX

On 24 Feb, 2015, at 09:01, IETF Secretariat 
<ietf-secretariat(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote:

> The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is holding a Hackathon to 
> encourage developers to discuss, collaborate and develop utilities, ideas, 
> sample code and solutions that show practical implementations of IETF 
> standards. It takes place just before IETF 92, and it’s free and open to 
> everyone.
>
> All you need is a knowledge of networking technologies, and you’ll be 
> guaranteed to learn something new and have fun!
>
> Event details: https://developer.cisco.com/site/ietf-hackathon
> Link to register: https://www.ietf.org/meeting/92/hackathon-signup.html
I realize that these things are often not planned a long way in advance, but 
for future events, as much notice as possible would be helpful.

It’s now less than four weeks to the IETF meeting, and many of us have 
(non-refundable) flights already booked. People on tight budgets, like students 
— exactly the kind of new people we want to attract to things like a hackathon 
— are likely to have booked well in advance to save money. Sort-notice 
additions to the schedule like this inadvertently favor those with generous 
corporate travel budgets to cover airline change fees.

Stuart Cheshire