Re:

[Scott W Brim <sbrim@cisco.com>]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 08:55:53AM -0700, Marshall Rose allegedly wrote:
> i'm going to suggest the opposite. perhaps we should change it to:
> 
> > "Members of the IETF community must have registered for at
> > least 2 of the last 3 IETF meetings in order to volunteer."
> 
> the reason is that it's fairly simple to demonstrate that someone registered. it is problematic to determine if someone actually attended.
> 
> if i just show up, collect my badge, and get back on the plane does that count as "attendence". what if i'm there for one meeting, one day, or one week?

The goal is to select from those who attended.  Changing the text to
base eligibility on registration will make the reader wonder unless
there is extra explanation.  There's an extremely high overlap among
those who registered/paid and those who attended -- enough that I
wouldn't worry about the few exceptions.  I would just leave it as
registered and attended, which is nice and clear and concise, and be
done.  80-20 rule etc.

If you want to be explicit, what about people who register and just show
up for a single session?  If they're excluded, how about those who come
for just one day?  IMHO leave it at the original suggestion, it's close
enough (very), doesn't confuse anyone, and doesn't get into nitpicking.

...Scott