> -----Original Message----- > From: Hallam-Baker, Phillip [mailto:pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > I don't think that the current meetings are power-point laden > summaries, but that would actually be useful. I often end up > going to sessions at conferences to find out what a WG is > intended to achieve. This only happens at IETF in the BOFs. > > > I am not too worried about ending up with a trade show. The > real danger as I see it is adding a speaker track or having > open access to the trade show. A secondary risk is that > people who want to go to attend the IETF would get seconded > to man the booth. I believe that I made this proposal in the past, in a plenary session a while ago, when numbers in the IETF particpation were the issue. Discussions hold then led to the edu track, which is however focused on IETF process and not on technical or tutorial content. I do not see why should not the IETF offer a full Sunday track of tutorials with technical content. Why should one go to a industry conference or trade show to hear what is going on in an IETF WG, when the principal contributors (WG chairs, editors) who usually give these talks are all attending the IETF meetings? Having a full Sunday track of tutorials would not only attract new people to come to the IETF and help them justify to their employers and to themselves the cost of the travel, but also improve the level of understanding of the technical material in the WGs, increasing the chances that new attendees would become active participants in a shorter time. We can even play with different fees structure (conference only, tutorial only, conference + tutorial) to help people optimize their costs. The extra money resulting from the tutorial fees and increased participation would lower sponsoring costs, and hopefully the meeting fees for the technical contributors. Dan _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf