Subject: Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was: are we getting complacent? Good job!)

From: Yoav Nir <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:07:43 +0300

On 8/9/11 8:39 AM, "Dae Young KIM" <[email-masked]> wrote:

>One brutal practice taken in some other conferences are to shut off
>wireless in meeting rooms. As long as there's networks available in the
>room, you cannot contol the situation.

Which would have worked four years ago, but not so much today. Besides,
Internet engineering without the Internet?

>And as I observed, there were more often than not also a whole bunch of
>'renowned' IETFers imnersed into their screens, even sometimes
>programming.
>
>Are they also IETF Tourists according to your classification?

Definitely

>DY from my iPhone

Your iPhone (and iPads, and many laptops today) would have an Internet
connection even if the IETF shut down the wifi.