I hate to argue with Randy's common sense but I don't think this
works. There are always people who can't get travel authorisation
until very late, or whatever, among those who are absolutely needed
(i.e. document authors etc.). So we would need rules about who gets in
regardless of the limit,
Lloyd,
There is nothing on the IETF (or ISOC) web site suggesting that ISOC membership
is required, so what is your problem?
Since the ISOC funds the RFC Editor and provides a budget at the
disposal of the IETF Chair, not to mention providing vital
legal insurance, a pointer (which is actually
Date:Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:52:19 -0600
From:Brian E Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| I hate to argue with Randy's common sense but I don't think this
| works. There are always people who can't get travel authorisation
| until very late,
Workshops with restricted attendance often seem to have a two-tiered
policy: authors/panelists first, rest later on a space-available basis.
This unfortunately, for the IETF, has obvious gaming potential which the
I-D editor is not likely to appreciate. Relying on drafts to be
discussed at a WG
Randy Bush wrote:
...
the goal is not to become large, the goal is to maintain quality
but one does not want to disenfranchise any particular constituency
so nangog gets space for about 500 people, allows just that many to
register, and it's first register first serve.
I hate to argue with Randy's common sense but I don't think this
works. There are always people who can't get travel authorisation
until very late, or whatever, among those who are absolutely needed
(i.e. document authors etc.). So we would need rules about who gets in
regardless of the
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:51:49 -0800, you wrote:
My corporate mail system with virus scanning says that this mail (may have
had an attachment) is infected. I hope, you haven't become a victim.
I understand from comments elsewhere that it's a nasty little beast
that hooks to the winsock looking
I'm not a newcomer, but I don't go to meetings very often. I joined
the IETF list in 1990 and have participated in some WGs on and off
since then, but in that whole time I think I've attended only 5 IETF
meetings. So, in the stats the secretariat keeps, I don't know if I
show up as a repeat,
