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Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualified for 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Tue, 18 November 2008 19:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualified for 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?
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Dean Willis wrote:
>
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
>
>>  Mexico City, for example.
>>
>
> Sure, if you want 40% of our attendees kidnapped for ransom and 
> another 20% arrested on faux charges and fined heavily. Mexico City is 
> a HUGELY not safe place for people who don't know their way around. 
> Those who DO know only travel with trusted bodyguards. Do you, for 
> example, know the difference between Libre and Sitio taxis? Most 
> people don't, but there is a big one . . . mostly, how many days the 
> kidnappers hold you to keep pumping the ATM dry. 
it will be interesting for those who hope that ICANN will curl up and 
blow away that the next meeting of ICANN is scheduled to be held in 
Mexico City.

If I survive, I should be able to speak more authoritatively of the 
experience when we get to San Francisco.

                        Harald

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