Bar codes @ nametags

[Kauto Huopio <huopio at iki.fi>]

OK, here speaks a person that hasn't been in a single IETF meeting..so
far. 

I'd suggest that the attendees' nametags are equipped with barcodes to
identify individuals. They are handy for several purposes:

1) Access to the IETF meeting reservation system: everyone can plan a
personal meeting schedule, organisers get headcounts helping meeting room
reservations. This system should be active already at meeting
preregistration phase. All persons attending the meeting are encouraged to
plan their schedules as early as possible. Thiscould help the room
planning a lot. 

2) Nametag could alllow access to a IETF Meeting Poll -system, which could
gather all sorts of interesting data on different sessions, evaluating
speakers etc. There should be somekind of a reward on best presentations /
briefings, perhaps sponsored. Naturally, the identifying data on
individual opinions should be deleted from the end results, badges should
be used just for ensuring only one vote/attendeee. 

3) Nametag could be used at the terminal room to allow access to
workstations with personal disk space during IETF sessions. There is at
least one public library solution over here in Finland that allows access
to a fairly fully equipped (software-wise) PC:s by inserting a library
card into a barcode reader and leaving it there for the length of the
workstation session. When card is removed from the reader, the workstation
resets itself to default settings and (in the library solution) deletes
any work files created by the user. In a IETF solution, nametag could
allow access to a personal storage area for any last minute fiddling of
the powerpoint slides.. :)

Kauto Huopio
huopio at iki.fi