On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:52:29 +0200 Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We have in my opinion had a consistently low operator turnout. I wonder > if it would be possible for us to align our conference dates in such a > way as to overlap with NANOG, RIPE, USENIX, LISA, and other appropriate > conferences so that we can get some crossover? > > Eliot Please, oh please, NO! Putting two full meetings into one week simultaneously is an excellent way to either miss one or spoil both. Here are some ideas, I'm sure that none of these are really new. - for pay tutorials at NANOG, RIPE, APRICOT, etc. about the latest from the IETF. Could raise some money, but is not trivial. - Brian could institute the "President's Lecture", where an invited speaker is given serious time (i.e. an hour) to make a serious point or a serious review of some issue. (This could be operational, say for someone from NANOG, or technical, or even political, say with someone from the ITU or the 3GPP or ...) - for pay tutorials during the IETF, intended to educate outsiders and get them to come to the rest of the meeting. I notice that lawyers do that a lot, mixing CLE sessions with other content. The lawyers come (and pay) for the CLE, stay for the rest. Again, could raise some money, but is not trivial. Regards Marshall > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf