RE: [dsaw-program] Re: ITU-T/OASIS Workshop Website update

[<richard.hill@itu.int>]

Dee,

We do indeed have problems with ITU workshops because lots of people
register, then never show, or the other way around.

Our policy is clear: anybody from a Member State can attend, we prefer
that they pre-register, but we do accept walk-in registrations.

Best,
Richard

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Richard Hill
Counsellor, ITU-T SG2
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
tel: +41 22 730 5887
FAX: +41 22 730 5853
Email: richard.hill@itu.int
Study Group 2 email: tsbsg2@itu.int

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dee Schur [mailto:dee.schur@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 4:03 PM
> To: Hill, Richard; echristian@usgs.gov;
dsaw-program@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: Johnson, Toby; dave_kunkel@yahoo.com; 'Jane Harnad'
> Subject: RE: [dsaw-program] Re: ITU-T/OASIS Workshop Website update
> 
> Hi Eliot,
> The problem I have with this wording (see below) is as follows:
> <Eliot suggests>
> "Admission to the workshop is free. Registration, required
> >    for security reasons, will be in the lobby during the event.
> >    Advance registration will be open until 01 October 2006."
> 
> 
> First of all, it is difficult enough to get a handle on the number of
> attendees when any event is free. If we make it sound so 'flexible,'
given
> that we are in Geneva, we may have many people deciding at the very
last
> moment to either attend or NOT attend once they have already
registered.
> This makes planning so much more difficult. From issuing badges to
> ordering
> coffee we must use some language that will give us some indication of
> numbers prior to the very last moment. We don't want to discourage
on-site
> registration but we can't have the majority of registrants changing
their
> minds at the last moment. There is naturally so much of that anyway
and it
> becomes extremely difficult for the folks on the ground.
> 
> Jane,
> What do you think? Jane is our in-house expert.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dee Schur
> Member Support
> www.oasis-open.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard.hill@itu.int [mailto:richard.hill@itu.int]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:42 AM
> To: echristian@usgs.gov; dsaw-program@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: toby.johnson@itu.int; dave_kunkel@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [dsaw-program] Re: ITU-T/OASIS Workshop Website update
> 
> I think that that language came from your side, not ours.  Your new
> wording seems OK to me.
> 
> Thanks and best,
> Richard
> 
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> Richard Hill
> Counsellor, ITU-T SG2
> International Telecommunication Union
> Place des Nations
> CH-1211 Geneva 20
> Switzerland
> tel: +41 22 730 5887
> FAX: +41 22 730 5853
> Email: richard.hill@itu.int
> Study Group 2 email: tsbsg2@itu.int
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eliot Christian [mailto:echristian@usgs.gov]
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 12:09 PM
> > To: Hill, Richard; dsaw-program@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Cc: Johnson, Toby; dave_kunkel@yahoo.com
> > Subject: RE: [dsaw-program] Re: ITU-T/OASIS Workshop Website update
> >
> > At 02:49 AM 6/26/2006, richard.hill@itu.int wrote:
> > >Elliot,
> > >
> > >We are just saying the same things with different words.
> > >
> > >At ITU, "registration" is just the process of identifying yourself
> and
> > >getting a photo badge so you can enter the building.  No other
> formality
> > >is required.
> > >
> > >The registration is done in the outer part of the lobby.
> >
> > The policy is good (although I don't quite see how advance
> > registration would work given that a photo id is required).
> > I don't think the policy you have stated is conveyed by the
> > current wording on the Website:
> >
> >   "Admission to the workshop is free; however, for security
> >    reasons registration is required and space is limited.
> >    Advance registration will be open until 01 October 2006."
> >
> > This seems to say that all attendees must have registered by
> > October 1, especially given the caveat "space is limited".
> > (Perhaps the "space is limited" part is meant to apply only
> > to prospective demonstrators rather than to all attendees?)
> >
> > How about changing this to read:
> >
> >   "Admission to the workshop is free. Registration, required
> >    for security reasons, will be in the lobby during the event.
> >    Advance registration will be open until 01 October 2006."
> >
> >
> > Eliot
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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