Hi Jim,
There's always been an expectation that people will wear their meeting badge, and this is consistent with most similar meetings. When we talk about security, we're generally less concerned about terrorism - we're thinking more in terms of people who might wander in off the street and grab a laptop or cause trouble at the meeting. This is not that uncommon for events held in hotels. We have also had a couple of people in the past trying to attend the meeting without paying - which is unfair to those who have paid for their ticket. In practice nothing has changed - this wording was used in the email we sent ahead of RIPE 76 as well. Kind regards Martina de Mas Event Organiser RIPE NCC > On 11 Oct 2018, at 14:38, Jim Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since there doesn’t appear to be a mailing list for RIPE77 attendees, this > seems the most suitable place to raise the following. > > The lovely and efficient NCC meeting staff have sent me (and presumably > everyone else) email about practical matters for RIPE77. It contains the > following: > > "You are required to wear your badge during the meeting at ALL times > for security purposes.” > > EH? > > What “security purposes”? I doubt this badge can protect me from terrorist > attack or something dodgy from a nearby frikandel automat. Why are we > required to wear badges at all times? When was this rule introduced and who > took the decision? Is the next step to have badge goons policing who is > allowed to get a coffee or go into the sessions? > > If a meeting hotel has some silly rule about wearing badges at all times, I > would hope we could just say it’s the hotel that’s imposing this nonsense, > not RIPE. > > >
