Thanks to John et al for complaining, because otherwise I wouldn't have known until I tried to connect to Meetecho that remote registration was needed. I mean, why would I bother to read a routine message about remote participation details more than half an hour in advance? Also, when you do register, why does it *require* your postal address and telephone number, which have no relevance or value? (I can see why they are needed for physical attendees.) And why does the confirmation email have a bunch of text starting thus: "You can pay the registration fee on site..."? Regards Brian On 01/04/2016 07:29, John C Klensin wrote: > > > --On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 16:37 -0800 Melinda Shore > <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 3/30/16 12:22 PM, IETF Secretariat wrote: >>> 1. Individuals are required to register for the meeting to >>> observe or participate via Meetecho. >> >> I'm not sure I understand this correctly. Does this mean >> that somebody is going to have to register after the meeting >> to be able to watch archived recordings? That doesn't >> seem correct. If it's not correct, why does someone have >> to register to passively watch a session? Will the standalone >> audio streams still be available during sessions? > > See separate, related, note, but add to Melinda's questions: > > A registration requirement for remote participants is a major > policy change and one for people who merely want to passively > observe is something I believe the community has several times > concluded is inappropriate given privacy, etc., concerns. So, > who made this decision and how? Unless the answer involves a > community discussion and Last Call or equivalent process that I > missed (and apparently Melinda did too), if the answer to "who > decided" involves anyone in the IETF Leadership, would they > please offer to resign? > > If it isn't clear, despite advocating for remote participant > registration for years (and being clearly in the rough), I think > this way of handling and announcing the decision is outrageous. > > john > > > . >