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"Pat (Patricia) Thaler" <pthaler@broadcom.com> Fri, 24 July 2015 14:44 UTC

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From: "Pat (Patricia) Thaler" <pthaler@broadcom.com>
To: Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu>
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Because it is likely that plastic corners of the badge holder will be annoyingly scratchy to the shirtless (though golem didn't complain)? 

( I think lanyards were less common when the text was originally written.

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> On Jul 24, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On 7/24/15 7:05 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 07/24/2015 12:43 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>>> On 24/07/2015 22:37, Rodriguez, Iben wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> Are we seriously thinking of instituting a dress code policy for
>>>> these events? How would it read?  Let’s not go down this road.
>>> We've had a dress code for years:
>>> http://www.ietf.org/tao.html#rfc.section.3.4
>> 
>> I resemble that code!
>> 
>> I can't see wasting any money buying slacks or jeans just to wear them
>> to an IETF....
> 
> I don't follow the logic of that reference. We provide lanyards for badges, so shirts should also be optional. The badge is the one truly non-optional piece of apparel. (You can be discrete by adjusting the lanyard.)
> 
> OTOH, we (usually) conveniently provide free t-shirts for the shirt-challenged.
> 
>    Thanks,
>    Paul
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