On Jun 21, 2011, at 06:30 , Joel Jaeggli wrote: > It has been repeated ad-nausieum that "conference rates" subsidize the rental > of the meeting room block... The fact that the conference rates are more > expensive ( on a contract signed 24 months out) than a spot check of the room > rate at any given time should come as no surprise to anyone. You can cruise > the IETF finances if for some reason you don't believe this. If the room > block doesn't get filled you can expect your fees to go up accordingly over > time. I will observe that I have generally not paid the conference rate or > stayed in the meeting hotel while attending the IETF on my own dime (and have > stayed in some rather nicer hotels (paris, stockholm, etc) for less money as > a result. When I attend on behalf my employer I make it clear what we paying > for when participating. >
Just one additional data-point here. For some of us, getting reimbursed for a higher meeting fee is actually a lot easier than getting reimbursed for a higher hotel-fee. Such would be the case when, for example, traveling on a fixed per-diem intended for covering accommodation/food, but reimbursed on cost for the meeting fee. For me, not an eyelid would be bat if I presented a quadruple (or more) meeting-fee-bill -- whereas it is a recurring administrative hassle to actually get a hotel-bill exceeding the per-diem to pass accounting (and, actually quite a lottery each time if it will be reimbursed....) Not wanting to criticize, but I would encourage that such situations also be considered when making plans for the IETF meeting payment structure. Sincerely yours Thomas ps: Other than that, I am actually excited to go to Quebec City which - for those who've never been there - is a very very pleasant place to be. Also, when there, my French colleagues tend to mock me a whole lot less for my accent ;) > please look at the balance sheet here: > > http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/Meeting-Financials-2010-77.pdf > > and note both the hotel commission, a credit, and the zero charge associated > with meeting rooms. > > It's not clear to me that this can be made more transparent, but if you'd > like to try I'm sure that someone would be happy to nominate you for an open > iaoc position when available. > > joel > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
