Re: [92all] IETF Hackathon at IETF 92, March 21-22, Dallas, TX

[Ted Lemon <[e-mail]>]

On Feb 24, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Thomas D. Nadeau <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 	If you take a look at the URL in question I think its self-explanatory why there is confusion about whether this is a vendor-sponsored event, a vendor event, or maybe something related to the IETF.  The fact that there are links here to register for DevNet, the Cisco logo, etc... is confusing at best as to what this is.

Here's the announcement email:

> The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is holding a Hackathon to encourage developers to discuss, collaborate and develop utilities, ideas, sample code and solutions that show practical implementations of IETF standards. It takes place just before IETF 92, and it’s free and open to everyone.

This text, in an email from the IETF Secretariat, is immediately followed to a cisco.com URL.   So a disinterested reader would naturally assume that the event is an IETF event, and that Cisco is somehow involved in organizing it, or maybe is sponsoring it (e.g., paying for the room or something).   I do not actually know the truth of the matter, but the meeting info is very clear about what the hackathon is about.   So while I guess I can understand that you might be confused about who is sponsoring it, I am still at a loss as to why that's a problem.