> On 11 May 2017, at 3:46, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > --On Thursday, May 11, 2017 00:28 +0300 Yoav Nir > <ynir.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> On 10 May 2017, at 15:50, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I favor at least a nominal registration fee for the same >>> reason -- not because I see it as an important revenue source >>> (a rather different discussion0 but because it helps >>> eliminate Donald Duck registrations. >> >> How does a fee eliminate Donald Duck registrations? There's >> nothing preventing me from registering *now* for the Prague >> physical meeting as Donald Duck as long as my $700 are good. > > Unless things have changed since I was paying active attention, > most registrations, especially those in advance of a meeting, > are paid with credit cards. If you can get a credit card in > the name of M. Duck, more power to you, I don’t know if things have changed, but bank transfers are also accepted. And I usually have my employer’s credit card pay for the meeting, so my name is nowhere on that. But being able to trace participants to their true identity is one thing. Having their true names appear in blue sheets or Jabber windows is, I think, important for us and one of the points of this exercise. Yoav
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