On 19 Dec 2000 at 11:08 -0800, Matthew Goldman apparently wrote:
> Speaking for myself, but I'm sure this applies to more than just me: I read
> the relevant RFCs and drafts ("did my homework"), but I am not "active" by
> the strict definitions some have used in this thread (at least not yet). I
> pre-paid the meeting fee (in good faith that in return for accepting my
> meeting fee, the IETF would provide meeting facilities commensurate to
> enable my participation), I paid for travel and went. I followed all IETF
> policies and procedures. Therefore, do I not have the "right" to be able to
> sit comfortably in a meeting room and be able to hear the speakers, and
> participate if I chose to, as much as anyone else?
Why did you go? What did you get out of it that you didn't get out of
the mailing list? Results of in-person meetings are never final, and
can be challenged by mail if you have good engineering reasons to do so.
(I admit this is sometimes mostly theory, but you can appeal to the IESG
if you think practice is deviating too much from theory.)
> If you strictly limit attendance to a meeting room based on previous
> participation, you will have no new participation, or "cross fertilization"
> of ideas (as someone stated).
Participation by mail before participation in person.
...Scott
