> Bonney Kooper wrote: > The current registration fee of $575 is outrageously > high. Even though IETF claims to be an open forum with > no membership fee - you need $575*3=$1725 per year for > registration fee alone for attending IETF sessions. I paid out of my own pocket, and I do not think that the fee is outrageous. Accounting the amount of cookies and yogurts I eat, and the number of coffee cups I drink, and the price to rent the rooms and the nice video projectors, it does not seem extravagant to me. Do you think the the Hilton is a charity? > This is effectively the membership fee for IETF. I do not agree. Meetings are optional and membership is free. > Sorry - not everyone can plan ten days in advance to > get $125 reduction in fee. if you can't plan it 10 days in advance, the IETF fee is a non-issue because you will spend $3,000 for last minute airline tickets and hotel. > Marshall Rose wrote: > setting aside, for now, the unstated assumption of your message that > meetings are where the real work gets done, Right on the money. Let's be real: meetings are a good excuse to have a few beers with your mailing list buddies. Michel.