RE: Kill the hardcopy IETF Proceedings

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

Kill it!

Thanks,
Bert 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand [mailto:harald@alvestrand.no]
> Sent: woensdag 19 maart 2003 22:06
> To: iesg@ietf.org; iab@ietf.org
> Subject: Kill the hardcopy IETF Proceedings
> 
> 
> I think it's time to kill this venerable tradition.
> No more hardcopies.
> 
> OK?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: 19. mars 2003 15:44 -0500
> From: "Barbara B. Fuller" <bfuller@foretec.com>
> To: harald@alvestrand.no
> Cc: leslie@thinkingcat.com, Jacob Munoz <jmunoz@foretec.com>, 
> Albert Vezza 
> <avezza@foretec.com>
> Subject: **IETF Proceedings**
> 
> Hi Harald:
> 
> As you know, IETF meeting attendees currently have the option 
> of purchasing
> either a hard copy or CD-ROM version of the proceedings.  The 
> cost of the
> hard copy is $250 and the cost of the CD-ROM is $20.  Most people who
> purchase the proceedings purchase the CD-ROM.  For example, 
> for the 56th
> meeting, 379 attendees have requested the CD-ROM and 8 attendees have
> requested the hard copy.
> 
> The Secretariat is considering eliminating the hard copy 
> proceedings and
> offering a CD-ROM with print capabilities.  This CD-ROM would 
> allow the
> user to print a PDF version of the proceedings on either A4 
> or US Letter
> paper.
> 
> I would like to request permission from the IESG to make this 
> change.  Is
> this note sufficient to initiate the process?  If not, then 
> please let me
> know the correct procedure.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Barbara
> 
> 
> 
> 
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