And, maybe more importantly, the message of IETF's work spreads. In the case of IETF 74.shirt, it's the IPv6 transition message that spreads everytime someone wears their shirt. Gregory On 8/2/09, Henk Uijterwaal <henk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marshall Eubanks wrote: > >> If the IETF sold 100 shirts we would IMO be doing well. If we sold 1000, >> we would be doing spectacularly well IMHO. >> >> That would net $ 5000. That's less than ten registrations at a meeting. >> I am neutral about whether or not we do this, but please don't imagine >> that it will supplant registration fees or otherwise lead to sudden >> riches. > > I'd be suprised if we sold more than a 100 shirts. I see this primarily > as a service to attendees, not as a way to generate money. You get a shirt > for free, if you want a 2nd one for whatever reason, you can buy it. The > IETF gets a few $$ for the trouble. > > Henk > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net > RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.xs4all.nl/~henku > P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 > 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 > The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Belgium: an unsolvable problem, discussed in endless meetings, with no > hope for a solution, where everybody still lives happily. > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- Sent from my mobile device ---- IETF related email from Gregory M. Lebovitz Juniper Networks _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf