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Randall Gellens <rg+ietf@qti.qualcomm.com> Sun, 26 July 2015 19:01 UTC

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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 12:01:44 -0700
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Subject: Re: [93attendees] I was wondering...
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At 4:38 PM +0000 7/24/15, Pat (Patricia) Thaler wrote:

>  I don't think the root of the problem was the way that they were 
> dressed as much as it was that their looks and attire seemed to be 
> the reason that they were there. They didn't participate in 
> explaining the company's technology.
>
>  The purpose of Bits and Bytes, I think, is to provide for vendors 
> to show what they are doing with IETF technology, e.g. practical 
> demos of how the technology we develop is being applied and tests 
> of proposed protocols.
>  Booth staff usually are there to explain the demos and that is the 
> way it should be. It certainly isn't unusual for booth staff to be 
> wearing company provided items (e.g. shirts) to help identify them.
>
>  I'm uncomfortable with implementing a dress code as a way to deal with this.

I'm surprised that it was (obviously) not sufficient to simply 
explain to vendors that booth models will backfire and cause the 
vendor to be viewed as likely lacking expertise,

-- 
Randall Gellens
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