A excellent start... You forgot $500 for messages on the use of ASCII in RFC's. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Rosen [mailto:erosen@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:50 AM To: Eric Gray (LO/EUS) Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Charging I-Ds Eric Gray> The discussion is essentially inane I think this is an excellent observation. It suggests to me though that perhaps the best way to get more funding for the IETF is to impose a surcharge on inane messages to the ietf mailing list. The surcharge can be based on the degree of inanity of the message. I suggest the following schedule of charges: - $10 for a generic message whining about US customs/immigration processes _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf