Re: Blue sheet harvest

 the process you describe has happend in recent memory at more than
one IETF.  it started w/ folsk scanning the pages of the early bound
copies of IETFF proceedings.

--bill

On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 08:10:12PM -0400, Scott O. Bradner wrote:
> 
> Ole guessed
> > My understanding is that the blue sheet serves mainly as a record of 
> > "who was in the room" which I think is largely used to plan room 
> > capacities for the next meeting.
> 
> the "blue sheets" are required as part of the basic openness  
> process in a standards organization - there is a need to know 
> "who is in the room" (see RFC 2418 section 3.1 for the actual
> requirement)
> 
> the blue sheets become part of the formal record of the standards
> process and can be retrieved if needed (e.g. in a lawsuit) but are not
> generally made available 
> 
> as pointed out by Mark Andrews - email addresses can be useful in 
> determining the actual identity of the person who scrawled their 
> name on the sheet - so it is an advantage to retain them
> 
> I'm trying to understand how the blue sheets contribute in any
> significant way to the spam problem - someone whould have to be 
> surreptitiously copying  them or quickly writing down the email 
> addresses - both could happen but do not seem to be all that 
> likely there are far more efficient ways to grab email addresses
> 
> so, my question is "is this a problem that needs solving"?
> 
> Scott
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--bill

Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).

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