Why are newcomers attending the IETF? There seems to be an assumption
that they're coming to participate across the board, or that they should
be encouraged to do so.
Perhaps that's because it's the model that senior / old-time IETFers
follow - they're involved in many different groups.
However not everyone has that level of experience or can afford to get
involved so broadly. Other people could be attending very specific WGs
which relate directly to what they're working on. The rest of the IETF
is, frankly, irrelevant to them.
For the past 5 years I've mostly been attending the IETF remotely. I'll
be in Berlin for two specific WGs. Even if other WGs may be interesting,
I simply can't afford the time, nor do I have management support to get
involved with stuff that's unrelated to what I'm working on. In the past
I've seen others fly in just to attend specific WG meetings.
Yet the IETF doesn't recognise that model. You've got the blue sheets,
you could do the analysis: attendee versus WG, over time. And add a
section to the blue-sheet for WG chairs to record remote attendance.
Thanks,
P.
On 12/07/13 05:27, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:
Hi Paul,
I agree with you if someone attends without presenting work, but I
think the fees is reasonable if we compare with other conferences fees
per day (don't forget your free to presentations of your docs and get
feedback from many sessions, this may change in future if higher
load). If the IETF considers your request, I think it will increase
participation maybe about 5% globaly and 20% locally, so mostly
encourages regional participations. I will also add that if the IETF
can consider newcomers to get discount for one day, because newcomers
may want to get a feeling of the meeting.
AB
On 7/10/13, Paul Aitken <paitken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can you help me understand why the One Day Pass rate ($350) is so high
compared with the full week rate ($650 / $800)?
Registering for two days could cost more than a week!
Surely the day rate should be a little more than (week/5), eg about $175
- $200, to encourage those who only want/need to contribute on
particular days?
Thanks,
P.