Re: [72attendees] Dietary restrictions

Dale Worley <dworley@pingtel.com> Thu, 31 July 2008 10:40 UTC

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On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 11:02 +0100, Dave Crocker wrote:
> Dale Worley wrote:
> > If we use venues used to international conferences and pay full freight,
> > the chefs understand and will deal with all sorts of dietary
> > restrictions.  But that costs money, people are already objecting to
> > costs, and full-freight prices and globalized venues work directly
> > against our goal of being accessible to an international audience.

> What is the basis for you claim that such venues are more expensive than other 
> venues we go to.  (For example, can you list some of each type that the IETF has 
> been to?)

It's possible that the food business is unlike any other, but in all
industries I know anything about, individualized attention from skilled
workers is considerably more expensive than one-size-fits-all products.

> Dave Crocker
> Brandenburg InternetWorking

Does Brandenburg charge the same prices as Infosys?

Dale


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