RE: Remote participation fees [Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY]

[James Gannon <[e-mail]>]

> If we wait for the technology to get better (what exactly does that mean?), there will be no clear incentive as to how to make it better, and no money to actually make it better.

Speaking purely about the remote participation aspect, I think one of the issues is that yes there are full featured solutions out there (Adobe Connect for example as used in ICANN) but they can be complex and not cheap.
The decision would need to be made whether remote participation is of a high enough priority to IETF to go after a full featured solution first, before then considering means of funding it. As Stephen says I think if remote participation fees are introduced without the remote experience to match it would not be a success.

I'll play devil's advocate for a moment, if you're really serious about having an immersive remote participation I'd would reach out to ICANN staff for some feedback, as personally I've found their remote sessions to work extremely well. I'm sure there are other organization's as well that could provide feedback just speaking from personal experience with remote attending ICNN meetings.

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Subject: Re: Remote participation fees [Re: Updating BCP 10 -- NomCom ELEGIBILITY]


Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > On 14/02/15 18:21, Mary Barnes wrote:
    >> And, actually this is already happening with Meetecho.

    > I think we ought forget about charging for remote attendance until
    > remote attendance is much better. Remotely attending IETF-91 via
    > meetecho was a good bit better than I expected but is nowhere near the
    > point where we could charge. Let's make it work first, and then see how

I feel we need to split the difference.

a) we need registration for remote attendance first.  It can come with
   a variety of fee levels, including "buy 1 get 1 free" (if you paid for in-person
   last time....).
   
b) the fee could initially be $20, and could increase as the technology gets
   better.

If we wait for the technology to get better (what exactly does that mean?), there will be no clear incentive as to how to make it better, and no money to actually make it better.

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