[Manycouches] Robert Wilton's No Objection on draft-ietf-shmoo-remote-fee-08: (with COMMENT)

[Robert Wilton via Datatracker <[e-mail]>]

Robert Wilton has entered the following ballot position for
draft-ietf-shmoo-remote-fee-08: No Objection

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COMMENT:
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Re:

   With the move to fully online meetings in 2020 and 2021, however,
   there was no longer a distinction between remote and on-site
   participants for those meetings.  Since IETF meeting costs and other
   costs still had to be covered, a meeting fee was charged for remote
   participants, eliminating the free remote participation option at
   that time.

Is this factually correct?  Did the IESG/LLC have the option for remote fee
waivers at the point that the Vancouver IETF meeting moved online at the last
minute (if that is deemed to be an acceptable implementation policy)?  If not,
then when was the fee-waiver option introduced for remote participation?

I still think that this document has ended up being longer than it needs to be,
e.g., sections 3 and 4 don't feel that helpful, and hence they somewhat read
like they are stating they they are not telling the LLC how to do their job and
at the same time proscribing how the LLC should do their job.

Regards,
Rob