Re: [72attendees] Clarifying Host Responsibilities (was Re: Guestroom Network not under NOC Control)

On 29 jul 2008, at 10.41, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

> On 29 jul 2008, at 0:07, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
>
>> "the powers that be" are trying to optimize location /  
>> internationalization / the host that PAYs preferences to location
>
> The interesting thing is that the attendees ALSO pay for this.
>
> Now I understand that the IETF needs to get its funding where it can  
> find it, but it can hardly be a surprise that if you make two sets  
> of people pay for the same thing and optimize for the convenience of  
> one party, the other is unhappy.

If you would have quoted a bit more of my email -  I actually further  
said 'This equation is far from easy, '. The problem is that - as has  
been discussed at length at IETFs for a long time - the attendance  
fees, the host sponsorship and the contributions from ISOC, all pays  
for the meetings AND the secretariat. At trust me from the years on  
the IAOC - running the IETF is not a money making business. If we  
can't find hosts, the attendance fees would have to go up  
significantly. Add to that the the ROI in marketing for a hosts on  
sponsoring an IETF in the first place is miniscule. Add to it the all  
the negative comments from the IETFXX-lists and have that attached to  
your brand and the marketing value is negative.

Personally I believe that we simply don't give the hosts (and the NOC  
volunteers) enough credit for stepping up to the task of organizing a  
meeting.

Best regards,

- kurtis -

PS, as most people have seems to have missed or ignored Andrews mail -  
issues with the hotel network should go to the hotel, not the IETF list.

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