Paul Hoffman wrote: > There are probably a dozen WGs in the IETF who have had this problem come > back and bite them on their collective backsides during protocol development > or, unfortunately, after their protocols have deployed. Can you give examples of how providing "company/organization affiliation" has caused bites to the backside during protocol development/deployment? Were the bites well-deserved? /Larry -----Original Message----- From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Hoffman Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 9:28 AM To: Alexa Morris Cc: IETF-Discussion Subject: Re: Important Information about IETF 76 Meeting Registration At 5:55 AM -0700 8/31/09, Alexa Morris wrote: >The data collected consist solely of an individuals full name and company/organization affiliation. We are not collecting email address information on the e-blue sheets. Please note that you are now also collecting information that *is not* on the current blue sheets, namely "company/organization affiliation". I have noted that some people I know who have signed a blue sheet before me have used personal email addresses while (I assume) their badge lists their actual "company/organization affiliation". As a person with multiple company/organization affiliations, I sometimes change the email address I put on the blue sheets to be the one most appropriate to the topic of the WG. It is a bad idea to have this experiment create combined blue sheets that have data that differs depending on the collection method. There are probably a dozen WGs in the IETF who have had this problem come back and bite them on their collective backsides during protocol development or, unfortunately, after their protocols have deployed. Please strongly consider having the readers record exactly what the current blue sheets record, or change the blue sheets to record what the readers are recording for this meeting. The first of these two will most likely cause less revolt. --Paul Hoffman, Director --VPN Consortium _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf