Re: Promoting the IETF meetings

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <kju1f1y6s7.fsf@romeo.rtfm.com>, Eric Rescorla writes:
>"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com> writes:
>
>> In message <213990000.1045553110@askvoll.hjemme.alvestrand.no>, Harald Tveit
> Al
>> vestrand writes:
>> >Lynn asked me if we should announce the IETF meetings on the ISOC site.
>> >
>> >I replied that I saw no real reason not to put the IETF meetings in the 
>> >left-hand column of her front page; we're not at a point where a few more 
>> >people knowing about the meeting is going to hurt us.
>> >
>> 
>> Agreed.
>        
>I don't have a problem with announcing the meeting on the ISOC
>site but I'm concerned by the rationale implied by the message
>Harald quoted, namely to make money. I'd certainly first want
>to understand *why* money is being lost before deciding that
>the appropriate thing to do is market IETF better.
>
Attendance is down, almost certainly because of the economy.

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