As far as the meeting fee, there is nothing at all that precludes a WG chair from applying for a meeting fee waiver. And AFAIK there isn’t a limit on how frequently one can ask for a fee waiver. Definitely most chairs do a lot of work and I’ve done so myself without sponsorship, so I think getting a fee waiver is totally appropriate in that situation IMHO.
Regards,
Mary
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:15 AM Marie-Jose Montpetit <marie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I will pitch in.I think that chairs by default should be given free registration. We spend countless hours on IETF/IRTF issues.But that’s the tip of iceberg.Getting there and living there - OMG. Of course deep pocket companies pay. But the consequence is: are representing our own? Not my experience - most people are representing the interest of their employer and a paid to be there.So what about the outliers? Maybe the travel grants should make sure we get a good representation of non-corporate views because many meetings happen in person.Let’s be clear: IETF in 5* hotels around the World favours the few. Not the many.mjm
Marie-José Montpetit, Ing. Ph.D.
From: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply: Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 27, 2023 at 1:02:22 PM
To: Salz, Rich <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx <ietf@xxxxxxxx>, 117attendees@xxxxxxxx <117attendees@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Making meeting attendance more affordable
Salz, Rich <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Discounted registration for a first-time attendee. Perhaps in
My (running) hash charges for first-time attendees, but it's free for the
second time. This is to encourage people to return.
> Make one of the meetings decentralized. Held simultaneously in multiple
> places around the globe. Getting the logistics and timezones equitable
> will be hard, but it would also greatly reduce our CO2 usage.
manycouches started this discussion, and a conclusion was that we should add
a fourth meeting that was fully-online, and then maybe we can step down the
three.
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