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

Thomas Hardjono <hardjono@MIT.EDU> Tue, 30 March 2010 18:42 UTC

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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)
> 
> 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?")
> 
> 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.
> 
> Melinda

If the IETF is selling green dots, why not sublease rooms to companies. Perhaps even make some $$ out of it :)

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

/thomas/

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