[Chapter-delegates] Proposal for IETF Registration fee support for Chapters

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

On 08/03/2017 16:24, John Levine wrote:
> Well, OK.  Here's a concrete question: there's an IETF meeting in
> Chicago in two weeks.  For someone in San Francisco, that would mean a
> plane ticket, a hotel, and a week's day to day expenses which cost at
> least $1000, typically more like $2000.  For most people there's also
> the cost of taking a week off from work.  Would the added cost of the
> registration realistically be the deciding factor for anyone?

I don't know about the US, but in Europe, using low cost airlines and
online apartment exchange, which is what many people are using these
days, plus only staying 3 days, this would amount to a few hundred Euros
- less than the fee itself.
Kindest regards,

Olivier