I expect _I_ would pay $100 out of my own pocket, if it came to that. But not all remote participants would be able to.
Janet ietf-boun...@ietf.org wrote on 08/16/2013 10:56:27 AM: > From: Keith Moore <mo...@network-heretics.com> > > > On 08/16/2013 09:38 AM, Janet P Gunn wrote: > > > ...I want it from > > people who can't get approval for even a $100 expense, from people > > who are between jobs, people from academia, and even from just plain > > ordinary users rather than just vendors or big corps. > > I agree. > > The realities of internal politics/funding being what they are, it > is sometimes going to be just as hard to get $100 "remote" fee > approved as it as to get the whole f2f trip approved. > As someone who just spent $3.5K out of pocket to show up in Berlin, > I have a hard time being sympathetic to someone who won't > participate because he has to spend $100 out of pocket. > > Keith