Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-19 Thread Hector
Separate budgets, but it really all depends on the type of Trade Shows the IETF is contemplating. I will note it does spike my interest to consider going to a IETF event from a technical sales standpoint, illustrating products built on IETF standardized protocol efforts, developing technology

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-18 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/16/2012 11:10 PM, Joel jaeggli wrote: PMO or whatever it's called in given organzation is a different pool of money. +1 -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-17 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 3/16/12 21:28 , Joel jaeggli wrote: On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the experiment is terminated and those five

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 21:28 -0700 Joel jaeggli joe...@bogus.com wrote: On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the

Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Sam Hartman
IAOC == IAOC Chair bob.hin...@gmail.com writes: IAOC QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC IETF activities? I think that hallway conversations, private meetings and other activities that

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Russ Housley
Andy: On 03/16/2012 01:35 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: IAOCQUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC IETF activities? I think that hallway conversations, private meetings and other

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread David Morris
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Russ Housley wrote: Thursday is gone, we have given the host the Monday lunch slot. So, there are no more slots in Paris. But is also shows that we could probably get sponsorship dollars for the Monday lunch slot on an ongoing basis. Another slot to consider ...

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 16:35 -0400 Sam Hartman hartmans-i...@mit.edu wrote: IAOC QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC IETF activities? I think that hallway conversations, private

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread David Morris
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Sam Hartman wrote: IAOC == IAOC Chair bob.hin...@gmail.com writes: IAOC QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC IETF activities? I think that hallway

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Melinda Shore
On 3/16/12 3:32 PM, David Morris wrote: I find my self needing downtime when I attend an IETF meeting. Me too, and while I'm pro-beer I'm ambivalent about gear. I don't really understand what would be in it for any of the parties involved. No harm in looking at it, though. Questions about

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 17:49 -0800 Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: ... No harm in looking at it, though. Questions about what it would offer that participants would find useful (other than beer). Not to pick on Melinda (her note was just handy), but I want to push back a

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/16/2012 8:04 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Suppose we offer them a show floor or equivalent and they decide they need to send five market or sales folk to staff it. wow. that's very creative thinking John. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the experiment is terminated and those five sales/market types disappear is just