Re: Meetings in other regions

On 24-jul-2006, at 16:28, Joel Jaeggli wrote:

>> IETF should look for "global" sponsors, in a given time frame, for  
>> example
>> for a year, or just a meeting if needed, but as said *decoupled*  
>> from the
>> venue.

>> Local sponsors can take care of the social, breaks, etc.

> As you know Jordi local sponsors have historically been invaluable in
> getting access to local resources, like network connectivity and
> handling the logistics of network setup.

> having local support is always better than not having it.

I think Jordi brings up a good point, today "sponsors" are supposed  
to cough up a lot of cash AND do a lot of work. Presumably, it would  
be easier to find people with cash and people willing to volunteer  
work separately rather than insist on a package deal.

Also, it's unclear how much sponsoring an IETF meeting is supposed to  
cost in actual cash. The documentation doesn't talk about cash, only  
about facilities. I'm pretty sure I can arrange for facilities such  
as bandwidth, network operations/terminal room staffing and maybe  
even a social event for free or nearly free by having different  
organizations sponsor each, but if I could come up with the money to  
pay market price for this stuff then I wouldn't be on this list but  
I'd be paying someone else to be on it. So is the quarter million  
figure that I saw floating by in my inbox supposed to cover the  
published host duties, or is this in _addition_ to taking care of  
these duties?

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