With all the discussions about food, hotel network problems, etc, you might have overlooked some of the details that were different in the positive sense at IETF 72. First, the registration process now auto-generates a PDF receipt for your expense report, and if you misplace this file you can get a new one by visiting the registration page again. Second, take a closer look at the Attendee List: https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf72/attendance.py Did you notice that you can click on ANY of the column headers and the data will be sorted by that column? Click a second time and the sorting will reverse (A-Z and Z-A). This allows you to find colleagues from your company, country, (ahem "economy") etc. (Wow, lots of people from Cisco in Dublin! ;-) Third, on site you received a booklet rather than the usual stack of various sheets of paper. The Note Well, Local Info and Agenda was combined into a single document thus making those manilla envelopes a thing of the past. And it wasn't just stapled together, it was a real booklet, folded and stapled like a newsletter. I hope you like these improvements as much as I did. Ole (speaking for myself and not the IAOC) PS. I have been discussing the issue of the new badge size and badge holder with the secretariat. The newer, larger badges are apparently more "standard" (you can get holders in various parts of the world), but they realize that some of you like the special black holders from Dallas or even Salt Lake City that holds your badge, mini agenda and even a pen. Hopefully a new "wallet" can be developed that will hold the new badges. Another "sponsorship opportunity" I dare say. Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf