Re: T-shirts, and some suggestions for future ietf meetings

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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

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