On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:00:09AM -0400, Tony Hansen wrote: > I know, this isn't the most important issue in the world. But, I want to > say that I miss the IETF meeting T-shirts. As confirmed by Harald at > tonight's plenary, the T-shirts are normally paid for by the sponsor. > And since we don't have a sponsor here, there was no T-shirt. > > Here's a suggestion for IETF 61: modify the registration web page to let > people specify the size of the T-shirt they'd like to get. Usually, a > sponsor has to estimate the number of people who want each T-shirt size. > This leads to overbuys of some sizes and underbuys of other sizes. And > it leads to some people being dissatisfied with the sizes that they were > forced to receive. > > Continuing this thought, here's a suggestion for the next IETF meeting > that doesn't have a sponsor, whether it's IETF 62 or some future > meeting: Take that part of the registration form that asks for T-shirt > size and add one more choice: none. Then charge the people who pick a > T-shirt an extra $15 to cover the cost of the shirt, and those that > don't want it won't pay for it. > > Then beforehand, set up a mailing list for those interested in designing > the shirt, exchanging designs, and picking one out. I'm sure you'll get > enough takers to do it. Excellent suggestions. I'd happily pay $15US for a t-shirt, each time, sponsor or no sponsor. Tim _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf