Re: Bottom feeders

[Brian E Carpenter <brian at hursley.ibm.com>]

Keith Moore wrote:
> 
> > We *should* worry about people who come to the IETF once and never come
> > back - because they probably came to the wrong meeting, and went home
> > unhappy.
> 
> interesting idea.
> 
> so assuming that a lot of folks come to the IETF expecting something
> different than it is, and going home disappointed, what can we do to
> make future prospective attendees more aware of what they're getting into?

Hard  to say, but the newcomer's briefing and the Tao of the IETF are
both on the web site. Maybe we need some text on the registration page
pointing to those and suggesting strongly that people should read them
before typing in their credit card number.

  Brian