Re: [77attendees] Single Company Meetings (Re: Ad hoc meetingsin real meeting rooms)

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From: "Thomas Hardjono" <hardjono@MIT.EDU>
To: <77attendees@ietf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [77attendees] Single Company Meetings (Re: Ad hoc meetingsin real meeting rooms)

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 77attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:77attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Melinda Shore
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:22 PM
>> To: Spencer Dawkins
>> Cc: 77attendees@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [77attendees] Single Company Meetings (Re: Ad hoc meetings in
>> real meeting rooms)
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>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
>> > I'm remembering various companies doing this as far back as the late
>> > 1990s (and I wasn't around before that, but wouldn't be surprised if
>> > the practice started earlier). Is there a reason the IETF should
>> > have a policy about such things? ("what problem are we solving?")
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>> I've been with several companies that have done that and in those
>> cases the companies booked and paid for the rooms independently
>> of the IETF.  I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a reason for
>> why the IETF should have any policy about those cases.
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>> Melinda
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> If the IETF is selling green dots, why not sublease rooms to companies. Perhaps even make some $$ out of it :)

that will transform ietf into a profit organization.

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> May be it should've sold T-shirts too...
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> /thomas/
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