Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-19 Thread Hector
Separate budgets, but it really all depends on the type of "Trade Shows" the IETF is contemplating. I will note it does spike my interest to consider going to a IETF event from a technical sales standpoint, illustrating products built on IETF standardized protocol efforts, developing technology

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-18 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/16/2012 11:10 PM, Joel jaeggli wrote: PMO or whatever it's called in given organzation is a different pool of money. +1 -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 21:28 -0700 Joel jaeggli wrote: > On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: >> Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people >> and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a >> number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the experiment

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 3/16/12 21:28 , Joel jaeggli wrote: > On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: >> Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people >> and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a >> number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the experiment is >> terminated and thos

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 3/16/12 20:04 , John C Klensin wrote: > Note too that, if the company sends only five technical people > and concludes that it doesn't suffer harm from that small a > number, the odds of getting back up to 10 if the experiment is > terminated and those five sales/market types disappear is just >

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/16/2012 8:04 PM, John C Klensin wrote: Suppose we offer them a show floor or equivalent and they decide they need to send five market or sales folk to staff it. wow. that's very creative thinking John. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 17:49 -0800 Melinda Shore wrote: >... > No harm in looking at it, though. Questions about what it > would > offer that participants would find useful (other than beer). Not to pick on Melinda (her note was just handy), but I want to push back a bit on the "no harm

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Melinda Shore
On 3/16/12 3:32 PM, David Morris wrote: I find my self needing downtime when I attend an IETF meeting. Me too, and while I'm pro-beer I'm ambivalent about gear. I don't really understand what would be in it for any of the parties involved. No harm in looking at it, though. Questions about wh

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread David Morris
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "IAOC" == IAOC Chair writes: > > IAOC> QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear > IAOC> style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other > IAOC> IETF activities? > > I think that hallway conversations,

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, March 16, 2012 16:35 -0400 Sam Hartman wrote: > IAOC> QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and > Gear IAOC> style of event on an evening that does not > conflict with other IAOC> IETF activities? > > I think that hallway conversations, private meetings and

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread David Morris
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Russ Housley wrote: > Thursday is gone, we have given the host the Monday lunch slot. So, > there are no more slots in Paris. But is also shows that we could > probably get sponsorship dollars for the Monday lunch slot on an ongoing > basis. Another slot to consider ... br

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Russ Housley
Andy: > On 03/16/2012 01:35 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: >> >> IAOC>QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear >> IAOC> style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other >> IAOC> IETF activities? >> >> I think that hallway conversations, private meetings and

Re: Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Andy Bierman
On 03/16/2012 01:35 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: "IAOC" == IAOC Chair writes: IAOC>QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC> style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC> IETF activities? I think that hallway conversations, private mee

Trade show at IETF

2012-03-16 Thread Sam Hartman
> "IAOC" == IAOC Chair writes: IAOC> QUESTION: What do you think about doing a Beer and Gear IAOC> style of event on an evening that does not conflict with other IAOC> IETF activities? I think that hallway conversations, private meetings and other activities that people have al