On Aug 24, 2011, at 1:44 AM, Glen Zorn wrote: > Unfortunately, since the meeting fees are tied to the block occupancy > (via conference room charges, etc.), this puts us in a double-bind > situation: the smaller the block, the higher the other fees. This is > the concern that I expressed during the plenary in QC, that because of > exorbitant hotel rates (and consequent lack of occupancy) the meeting > fees would themselves become exorbitant to compensate, the end result > being that major corporate support would be mandatory for attendants: > independents, academics and even employees of small companies need not > apply. I hope we don't want to go there...
we're pretty close to there already. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
