I used a US inflation calculator. in 2007 IETF registration cost $600. 2022 would be $830 if it simply kept pace with the CPI adjustment to the dollar. So the "$700 is reasonable" has a basis in 15 years practie. When did we become so exclusionary? at least 15 years ago. https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/JUByvYCkSb2WDSt9h4lDkaoe9gc/ -G On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 1:17 PM Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 5/9/22 23:07, John Levine wrote: > > Could you give us a specific dollar limit for a reasonable price? > > This is going to vary a lot from one person to another, but offhand I'd > say that $1000/meeting for hotel and entry fee combined (not including > travel) is a good goal for meetings in North America. > > The early bird fee is $700. $300 for a week's hotel? > > Why is $700 reasonable either? How have we let IETF become so exclusionary? Is that really consistent with IETF's mission? > > Even if we tried to go the cheap route and find a college campus > that would host us for free, when I look for places near our > local campus they're a lot more than $75/night. > > I don't know where you're from. But I know many places where decent, safe, clean rooms can be had for around $75/night. Granted, they're less likely to be in large cities, but sometimes they're within reasonable commuting distance of city centers. > > Keith > >
