On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 08:22:46AM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote: > > >>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Jeffrey> Such an exercise would probably generate a lot less > Jeffrey> controversy than my unsanctioned badge experiment. > > Jeffrey> http://pfrc.org/~jhaas/pictures/badge.jpg > > nice. > Instead of getting a new badge every meeting, maybe we should just get > an IETF86 dot on a badge we keep from meeting to meeting. I didn't realize more people hadn't seen the badge. Since I've gotten a few inquiries about it, here's the comments I'd had: - Some people were upset that I was wearing an unofficial badge. None of these were the people involved in giving them out. (My official badge was in my laptop bag just in case.) - The company logo was definitely too big. I got the badge the morning before I headed out for the conference and it was a bit late to ask Chris to alter the design the minimize it. My preference would have been a bigger IETF logo and smaller company logo. (Or "type treatment" as he'll tell me.) Adding text to the blue dot would have been nice but wasn't thought about after the fact. - The biggest concern expressed by those seeing it was that how could one tell that I've actually paid for the conference? As was pointed out by multiple parties, a piece of paper isn't exactly good security if we actually cared about that. :-) - Biggest comment from the people dispensing badges was that it's their job to give out the dots. Since the dot, while removable by design, is part of the badge this is somewhat problematic. - Other comments are that the lanyards are far more of a validation that you've been to registration than the piece of paper. - This badge was apparently responsible for eating an hour of discussion during an I* telechat. :-) The badge is acrylic produced on a laser cutter with custom cut-out vinyl. A big goal of the badge was to have something where the name was significantly easier to view from a distance. However, I have a short name. I had approached some people in ISOC about the possibility of permanent badges as a fund raiser during the bits and bytes. I haven't really followed up on it yet. -- Jeff
