> in the assumption that companies will reimburse people who used their > own credit cards to register? > > maybe that will generally be the case but some people are likely to be > screwed the ietf is more financially liable if it 'fesses up to the growing reality and cancels. but it takes ietf management longer to do that. first the decision has to be out-sourced. then it has to be micro- managed. this is not easy. i had not realized that ieee 801 is more lightweight. it does not even have admin help analogous to the ietf secretariat. randy