On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 2:43 PM Ross Finlayson <finlayson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On May 5, 2022, at 9:57 AM, IETF Executive Director <exec-director@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The IETF 114 meeting venue is at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown. As explained in the FAQ, you will need to register before you can reserve a guest room at the venue.
Strictly speaking, this does not appear to be correct. The link that I was sent to me (after I registered for the IETF) to reserve a guest room was not specific to my IETF registration. While it gave me the IETF-discounted room rate, it would have worked for anyone, even if they hadn’t registered for the IETF.
For other on-site IETF meetings (before Covid), the link to reserve a hotel guest room (at the IETF-discounted room rate) was included in the IETF “Registration open” email. This allowed people to reserve an IETF-hotel room (often a scarce resource) early, while deferring actually registering for the IETF.
Not including the hotel room link in the “Registration open” email appears to be an (understandable) ploy to get as many paid IETF registrations as early as possible.
Last time early registration carried a much bigger discount than this time.
That is my only real concern.
Behcet
Ross.
