Re: [79all] IETF Badge

SM <sm@resistor.net> Thu, 11 November 2010 21:20 UTC

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:13:18 -0800
To: Samuel Weiler <weiler+ietf@watson.org>
From: SM <sm@resistor.net>
Subject: Re: [79all] IETF Badge
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Hi Sam,
At 00:18 11-11-10, Samuel Weiler wrote:
>The IAOC offered four explanations at the plenary:
>1) There's an RFC that requires us to wear badges.

If that is FYI 17:

   "You need to be wearing your badge in order to get into
    the terminal room."

You could remind the IAOC that not all RFCs are standards. :-)

>3) We've had past problems with equipment disappearing, and

Yes.

>4) "The local host requires ... checking the people in the meeting
>areas who are registered for the meeting".  (Point 4 verbatim from
>the transcript.)

That is likely a side effect due to meeting location or due to language issues.

>The first two answers are not on point: we do not have badge police 
>on working group rooms at a normal IETF meeting[1].

By badge police, I gather that you mean that admittance to a working 
group session is not regulated.

Regards,
-sm