Sam, I am going to answer as another IETF 79 attendee primarily and also in my capacity as IAOC Meetings Committee Chair, based on the data I have so far. You said: "Which brings us to answer four: the local host imposed a requirement on us. That seems notably at odds with answer three. Which is accurate? Was this an IAOC/IETF action that could have been explained in advance, or was this a unilateral requirement from the host?" *** Ole: I don't see the items listed as being "at odds" with anything, they are simply reasons why it might be a good idea to have a badge policy, but: The "action" you are talking about came in the form of an announcement about local logistics. I cannot tell you at this stage if this was a hotel requirement, a host requirement (as part of their government approval to host this meeting) or a combination of both. In any case, I consider it a /minor/ annoyance if I happen leave my badge behind (happened to me once yesterday), and not something that would require IAOC policy discussions, community input, etc, etc. I prefer to leave this to the secrtariat and the local host as a matter of implementation detail. To be clear, we did not have a discussion in the IAOC about this in advance of the meeting. You seem to find the badge policy onerous, I find it in line with 97.38% of all other conferences I have attended. Access to IETF meeting rooms is intended for registered IETF attendees. An easy way to check that is to wear badge. Wearing badges has many other advantages as I am sure you will agree. "If it is the former, why did the IAOC think this was an acceptable change to make at the last minute, with no explanation and no consultation? If the latter, why is the IAOC allowing the host to dictate such details of our meeting operations, particularly without any form of explanation or advance warning?" *** Ole: See above. Ole 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 mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf