"Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE-NCC)" wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > > Phil Hallam-Baker just suggested in the plenary that we could > > easily raise funds by going round looking for sponsorship > > from industry, $10k and $10k there. > > > > This ignores that this is *exactly* where ISOC's funds come > > from, and those funds are largely used to support the IETF > > (specifically the RFC Editor, plus a few smaller expenses that > > would otherwise fall on the Secretariat budget). > > Also, why should any company pay another $10k when they already give > employees to work on IETF standards during office hours? All standards bodies cost money to run, and that is why most of them end up as membership organizations with hefty fees paid by companies. There are no free cookies. Brian