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Re: Planned changes to registration payments & deadlines

Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> Tue, 24 April 2018 06:13 UTC

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From: Spencer Dawkins at IETF <spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:13:31 +0200
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Subject: Re: Planned changes to registration payments & deadlines
To: Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com>
Cc: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>, IETF list <ietf@ietf.org>
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I also don't need to get specific authorizations to attend IETF meetings
onsite. Having said that ...

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 6:54 AM, Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> wrote:

> [as an individual]
>
> On 4/23/18 22:59, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>
> Given lead times many people experience for travel approvals,
> 7 weeks **really** seems like a lot, however normal it may be for
> other events.
>
>
> This is explicitly being pitched as a fee increase, so certain numbers
> will necessarily need to be higher. Would it be more palatable to phrase it
> as "we're keeping the existing fee structure, but early bird registration
> increases to $875 while standard registration increases to $1000. Also,
> we're introducing an exceptional  'super early bird' price of $700 that is
> available to those participants who can commit to attend 7 weeks in advance
> of the meeting."?
>

A couple of interactions about meeting fees ago, someone made the point
that $1000 US was a common point where additional approvals are required.
If people are in that situation, they have more incentive than others to
register early at $700. Even the standard rate plus VAT puts you over
$1000, doesn't it?

Spencer

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