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

Melinda Shore <shore@arsc.edu> Tue, 30 March 2010 17:22 UTC

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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?")

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

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