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Re: IETF in July

Toerless Eckert <tte@cs.fau.de> Wed, 25 March 2020 00:32 UTC

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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 01:31:59 +0100
From: Toerless Eckert <tte@cs.fau.de>
To: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: IETF in July
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:52:16PM -0400, John Levine wrote:
> >> I think it would also be good to create a
> >> "pay what you think is appropriate" for remote attendants,
> >> maybe even with a bit of public shaming by publishing this
> >> in the attendance list.
> 
> The IETF LLC is a US public charity (which it inherits from ISOC.)  If
> you want to give it money, send them a check.  If you're in the US,
> it's tax deductible.

Hmm.. interesting. Does this mean a scheme where everybody would be
freely giving conributions instead of meeting registration fees would
be potentially quite tax advantageous for US participants ?
Or is there some part that would make such an approach not legal ?

Cheers
    Toerless

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