Re: [72attendees] Clarifying Host Responsibilities (was Re: Guestroom Network not under NOC Control)

[JORDI PALET MARTINEZ <[e-mail]>]

Hi Jonne,

This was not the information I got, at least I don't recall being informed
at all that the venue was not selected by a Siemens decision, on the other
way around, I was informed that was not suitable according to the IAOC
decision.

One of the issues (as I recall being told) was the availability of
restaurants. The information that the IAOC got about that was wrong, as I
discussed with the IAD afterwards (when I was informed of that being one of
the problems).

The other one I recall was the venue was too expensive. However I also
indicated when I knew the offer you got, that I can manage to get a better
deal, and indeed, I got a better offer (I think it was around 15% cut) the
morning after you took the decision of not using that venue. I was not
allowed to contact the venue management before because I was asked by the
secretariat not to do so, and of course, I respected that decision, but then
wanted to prove that it was a WRONG negotiation.

This things happen because the process is so secret, because people that
know the venue, even has direct contacts with the venue (having organized
other big events there, having set up IPv6 there, etc.), is not allowed to
participate in the negotiation with the venue.

Having the help of local people, with local negotiation skills, and not
taking it, seems to me really silly and not a good thing for the community.
This need to change.

Of course, you will not have always that local people, and you not
necessarily can trust them, but their inputs and their help in the
negotiation can't be ignored. Even do, the IAOC still has the final decision
power, right ? So nothing negative in the process, just a lot of possible
hands to be used.

Last but not least, I even offered to be the *HOST*. I actually did since I
had the idea to bring IETF to Madrid in summer 2001 when I talked for the
first time about that during the London meeting with the secretariat.

So, now tell me, why this or that host has higher priority to host a meeting
? It should be more a planning question, and if the plan was to have that
meeting in Europe, the host offering Europe should take precedence,
specially having offered it since so long time.

Now, I'm not really interested and even discouraged to try to host again in
Madrid, but if Drew drop me a message and I get a firm commitment that I'm
not going to waste my time in getting a similar or even better situation
(considering funding from the government/others, cost of the venue, etc.) as
when I did the previous time, then and only then, I will reconsider my
position. I'm happy to spend as many of my cycles as required, but
definitively will not waste them in a useless way.

Regards,
Jordi




> From: "Soininen Jonne (NSN FI/Espoo)" <[e-mail]>
> Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:30:53 +0300
> To: Jordi Palet Martínez <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Re: [72attendees] Clarifying Host Responsibilities (was Re: Guestroom
> Network not under NOC Control)
> 
> Jordi,
> 
> Your recollection of the past is a little bit different that mine. I
> remember the last time you tried there were open ends in many things until
> very late of the process. This and other reasons made the main host to
> decide on a different venue (San Diego). Siemens was the host for that
> possible meeting. The people who were mostly involved from Siemens are now
> part of Nokia Siemens Network, who I happen to work for as well. The main
> thing is that host was very much involved on the change of the meeting
> location! If you want to talk about specifics of that time, I'm happy to
> talk to you off-line.
> 
> It seems that the next scheduled European meeting without a host is at
> Summer 2010. If you have a host, or funding to host, please, contact Drew
> Dvorshak at [e-mail] or the IAD. If you even have a location in
> mind, better it is!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jonne.
> 
> On 7/29/08 1:01 PM, "ext JORDI PALET MARTINEZ" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
> 
>> And when you find volunteer hosts which find the money, the venue and so on,
>> such as myself in Madrid, trying for several years, then you disqualify the
>> venue because is not in down-town ... A very fair comparison with this one
>> or even San Diego.
>> 
>> Madrid venue was much better (even being the first hotel in the world that
>> offered IPv6 in the guest rooms several years ago, no filtered
>> ports/protocols at all !), much better located, much cheaper, better
>> commuting to downtown (cheaper and shorter), better food, more restaurant
>> choices in the venue and around, etc.
>> 
>> So the first that make the possible hosts and sponsors to step down is the
>> organization itself with ridiculous decisions which are then taken as
>> irrelevant for other venues (and Dublin is a very good example).
>> 
>> Now I'm not sure wanting to spend anymore my cycles in retrying this again
>> unless there is a firm commitment. I bothered the government to much to
>> raise +150.000 Euros for sponsoring this and I'm not even sure they will
>> consider it again.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Jordi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Kurt Erik Lindqvist <[e-mail]>
>>> Reply-To: <[e-mail]>
>>> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:18:31 +0200
>>> To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <[e-mail]>
>>> Cc: <[e-mail]>
>>> Subject: Re: [72attendees] Clarifying Host Responsibilities (was Re:
>>> Guestroom
>>> Network not under NOC Control)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 29 jul 2008, at 10.41, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 29 jul 2008, at 0:07, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> "the powers that be" are trying to optimize location /
>>>>> internationalization / the host that PAYs preferences to location
>>>> 
>>>> The interesting thing is that the attendees ALSO pay for this.
>>>> 
>>>> Now I understand that the IETF needs to get its funding where it can
>>>> find it, but it can hardly be a surprise that if you make two sets
>>>> of people pay for the same thing and optimize for the convenience of
>>>> one party, the other is unhappy.
>>> 
>>> If you would have quoted a bit more of my email -  I actually further
>>> said 'This equation is far from easy, '. The problem is that - as has
>>> been discussed at length at IETFs for a long time - the attendance
>>> fees, the host sponsorship and the contributions from ISOC, all pays
>>> for the meetings AND the secretariat. At trust me from the years on
>>> the IAOC - running the IETF is not a money making business. If we
>>> can't find hosts, the attendance fees would have to go up
>>> significantly. Add to that the the ROI in marketing for a hosts on
>>> sponsoring an IETF in the first place is miniscule. Add to it the all
>>> the negative comments from the IETFXX-lists and have that attached to
>>> your brand and the marketing value is negative.
>>> 
>>> Personally I believe that we simply don't give the hosts (and the NOC
>>> volunteers) enough credit for stepping up to the task of organizing a
>>> meeting.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> - kurtis -
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PS, as most people have seems to have missed or ignored Andrews mail -
>>> issues with the hotel network should go to the hotel, not the IETF list.
>>> 
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> Jonne Soininen
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