Hey, Don't misunderstand me, although I'm telling a fantastic idea. > Maybe I'm just old fashioned, at least from an IETF perspective, but why > not just let them "drop in", i.e. attend the meeting without a badge? I didn't say attending without a badge, I just said some guest may attend IETF meeting wearing GUEST BADGE. Notice "the applicant should explain why he/she should be issued the guest badge there" in my message. > I've always felt this served the community well and is not really > different from our mailing list subscription policy. (I hope no one > proposes to start charging for that, but if you take the current > trend/discussion a few steps farther, that's where we may end up!) I didn't oppose charging for meeting, I just suggest we may allow a few guest to attend IETF meeting (without fee) and myself would like to pay the normal meeting fees. For example, if IETF chair (or WG chair) wants to invite somebody to give IETF community (or specific WG) some speaking during the meeting week (maybe like Thursday speaking or some others), should the invited guy also register and pay the money for the speaking? Maybe HE/SHE doesn't attend any other IETF meeting. So here I just said, there MAY be the possibility that Guest can attend the meeting, I didn't say there MUST some guys who can attend IETF without fee payment. > > Lou > > BTW There was one IETF, perhaps Columbus, where I attended just one day > and I still paid the full amount. Although, it cost a bit less, back > then. IMO contributors will "do the right thing", and we should make it > easy to be a lurker as they may turn into a direct or indirect contributor. You did contribute to IETF community, maybe some other friends paid full fee but didn't go to the meeting, they even didn't get any IETF service (network, beverage, etc.). All of you deserve my respect. Regards, Xiangsong _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf