On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:35:15PM -0400, IETF Administrative Director wrote: > The IAOC is preparing the 2007 budget and would like feedback on whether > or not to continue producing the IETF meeting CDs of the Proceedings. > > It has been suggested as a way of employing limited Secretariat labor > more productively that the IAOC discontinue production of the Proceedings > on CDs and, instead, make the files available collectively on the web site > for each meeting in a zip file for downloading. > > Is there strong rationale for maintaining production of the CDs? > > Ray Pelletier > IAD > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf i've been told that it is often useful to have a token of the money that was spent. and for some, the hardcopy proceedings filled the bill nicely. The CD, while not quite the same impact for mgmt, does provide a tangible token of participation. Remove that, and the question might be asked? "What do we get for our money?" more often. --bill _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf