Re: Thinking laterally

[Abdussalam Baryun <[e-mail]>]

On Friday, February 27, 2015, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Thinking of the remote participant fee. As someone whose travel
> restrictions prevent attending in certain parts of the world:
>
> * I have no problem paying a fee but I am not the decision maker
> * Paying a fee is better for my CFO
> * Not paying a fee is even better for my CFO unless we get something for it
>

I agree with you. IETF should always consider the full community within the
world not only few regions or majority participants' region.



>
> One thing I really would like more of as a remote attendee is video of the
> sessions. That is something worth paying for and it is something that we
> should have adequate technology base for. If video streaming sessions
> really is more than plugging in a camera... we is still doin it wrong.
>
>
I think IETF can provide such services but need to do some procedures that
make the rules for that to save flexibility.

(....)
> If someone wants to add video after the fact they pay a full conference
> fee per session.
>

The fees proposed should not be per session because the f2f attendees don't
pay fees per session. The minimum We have is per day fees.

AB