Dave,
Certainly there are organizations that do this. Those
organizations are significantly different from the IETF. For
one thing, the first thing we would have to do in the IETF -
if we adopted a model like this - is to establish a marketing
over-sight function to ensure fair and equitable disposition
of sponsorship funds.
--
Eric
--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: Dave Crocker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:45 PM
--> To: Michael StJohns
--> Cc: Keith Moore; ietf@ietf.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--> Subject: Moving from "hosts" to "sponsors"
-->
--> Michael StJohns wrote:
--> > What I think Jordi is saying is that he wants the US sponsors to
--> > subsidize the cost of the overseas meetings. At least
--> that's what it
--> > works out to be....
-->
--> This view can be mapped to a classic model that would have
--> significant benefits
--> for the IETF:
-->
-->
--> A "host" gets all sorts of marketing leverage out of the
--> role in producing an
--> IETF.
-->
--> There is nothing that requires that the event site
--> management effort be coupled
--> with a particular host's venue.
-->
--> If we moved to a model of having companies provide
--> sponsorship funds, in return
--> for which they get appropriate marketing presence, then we
--> could have meeting
--> venue management move to the sort of predictable and timely
--> basis -- ie, far
--> enough ahead of time -- that has been a concern for many years.
-->
-->
--> d/
-->
--> --
-->
--> Dave Crocker
--> Brandenburg InternetWorking
--> <http://bbiw.net>
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