In article <CABcZeBOLAw_9s-gobFYB=5THu_Q70UmDLn_ZhVXhNRHN_nu_0w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Rescorla <ekr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >This seems like entirely appropriate practice on short notice. I would note >that the LLC regularly makes decisions which involve a far larger change to >people's costs than the fees -- namely, where to site the meeting -- >without consultation, so I while I think it would be good for the LLC to >get feedback on this topic, I don't think there's inherently an obligation >to put it to a community wide call for consensus. Agreed. The IETF works within financial constraints, and a large part of the LLC's job is to balance what we want to do with the resources we have. Unilaterally making 108 free for everyone would blow a large hole in our budget (there are still expenses even without a physical meeting) and we can't just decree it. R's, John -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
