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Re: E-Mail Registration Process





Thanks, Roger.  We have been using this for some time for the interim meeting
registration form.

Howard

"Roger B. Marks" wrote:
> 
> Howard,
> 
> You probably know this, but Luigi can set you up with a simple form
> processor to email the form data to a given address.
> 
> I use html forms, for interim meetings and other things. My current form is at:
> 
>         http://ieee802.org/16/form.html
> 
> The action line is:
> 
>         <form method="post" action="http://grouper.ieee.org/cgi-bin/fmail">
> 
> Luigi just needs to map the file name (of the file holding the form)
> to an email address where the data gets sent.
> 
> Roger
> 
> >I will NOT post a word document of the registration form.
> >
> >I would be HAPPY to create an HTML registration form for 802.
> >I have already done it for interim meetings and it has worked
> >very well. It would take about 15 minutes to create one for 802,
> >and I would be delighted to include ECSG's on the registration form.
> >
> >Howard
> >
> >"Rigsbee, Everett O" wrote:
> >>
> >>  Bob,  We always provide the meeting information to Howard Frazier
> >>  (who does the actual posting) in MS Word format.  Howard seems to
> >>  have a major dislike for all things Microsoft, so he always converts
> >>  the document to PDF before posting.  We have asked (more than
> >>  once) that BOTH versions be posted for exactly the reasons which
> >>  you have mentioned, but you can see the result.   Perhaps an SEC
> >>  motion to that effect is in order?   But HTML format is generally a
> >>  problem because of all the differences the type-of-browser-used
> >>  introduces making several of our forms unreadable or unprintable.
> >>  I would think that MS Word & PDF versions would be sufficient.
> >>
> >>  We have provided reg slots for SG's in the past, but because of their
> >>  transitory nature the data is difficult to track through the data base
> >>  and we wind up with a conversion process when the SG later
> >>  becomes a WG.  We're open to suggestion though if you think it is
> >>  important.  We have never been able to use the preference data to
> >>  allocate meeting space because so much of it comes in so late and
> >>  we still have lots of folks who just show up at the meeting.  We rely
> >>  instead on the chair's estimates for space requirements.
> >>
> >>  Hope this helps.
> >>
> >>  Thanx,  Buzz
> >>  Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> >>  Boeing SSG
> >>  PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
> >>  Seattle, WA  98124-2207
> >>  ph: (425) 865-2443, fx: (425) 865-6721
> >>  email:  everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
> >>
> >>  > ----------
> >>  > From:         RDLove[SMTP:rdlove@nc.rr.com]
> >>  > Sent:         Friday, October 06, 2000 5:06 AM
> >>  > To:   Rigsbee, Buzz
> >>  > Subject:      E-Mail Registration Process
> >>  >
> >>  > Buzz, for purposes of registering using E-mail, I would like to see the
> >>  > forms to be filled out posted on the web in html or .doc format so that
> >>  > they can be copied and filled out electronically.
> >>  >
> >>  > In addition, the forms should include in the interest category any study
> >>  > groups that are active.  I for one have some interest in the 802.0 Study
> >>  > group on Resilient Packet Rings.  I am sure that some people will be
> >>  > attending the meeting soley for the purpose of attending those sessions,
> >>  > yet it is not one of the choices on the form. You may want to consider
> >>  > updating the form between now and the meeting.  Many of those folks
> >>  > probably haven't looked at it yet.
> >>  >
> >>  > Thanks Buzz
> >>  > Best regards,
> >>  > Robert D. Love
> >>  > President, LAN Connect Consultants
> >>  > 7105 Leveret Circle     Raleigh, NC 27615
> >>  > Phone: 919 848-6773       Mobile: 919 810-7816
> >>  > email: rdlove@ieee.org          Fax: 720 222-0900
> >>  >
> >>  >