[registrars] thoughts for conference today

[Bhavin Turakhia]

> For example, why shouldn't participants pay for meetings.  
> ICANN proposed a 2.4mm budget for travel and meetings. Direct 
> participation fees can alleviate some part of that.    Let's 
> face it - ICANN locates its meetings in far-flung locations, 
> so that most of us are paying high air fare, and all of us 
> are paying non inconsiderable amounts for hotel, per diem, 
> etc.  Therefore a fee of about $500/person should not be a 
> burden or prevent someone from attending.  Plus, remote 

The issue is a lot of smaller registrars will stop attending. Any additional
cost may result in a decrease in attendance and a decrease in the number of
voices and participants at these meetings.

I am not disagreeing however that ICANN should look at some other way to
subsidise that budget.

bhavin