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

as Dr Strangelove tells us

"...this could easily be solved, with a computer ..."

-George

On 18/11/2008, at 10:41 AM, Eric Gray wrote:

> Yeah, I agree.  Having 100 million people show up at a Hilton
> hotel for a meeting would likely have us in litigation for
> decades.
>
> Of course, it would be interesting to try to determine how
> large an area would be covered by hotel bookings for so many
> attendees...
>
> --
> Eric Gray
> Principal Engineer
> Ericsson
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 73attendees-bounces@ietf.org
>> [mailto:73attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Patrik Fältström
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:29 AM
>> To: qdang@nist.gov
>> Cc: 73attendees@ietf.org; ietf@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualifiedfor
>> 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?
>>
>> On 18 nov 2008, at 09.59, qdang@nist.gov wrote:
>>
>>> I believe our US government would like to grant visas to as many
>>> people as they can. However, if anyone wants to attend a meeting in
>>> the US is granted a visa to come here, then I can imagine there will
>>> be 100 million visa applications for the IETF meeting in CA
>> next year
>>> alone.
>>
>> Having 100 million people paying the conference fee for the
>> next IETF
>> in San Francisco, just so they could get a 1-entry conference visa
>> (which is what India offers at no cost for the IGF in Hyderabad),
>> would radically change the economical situation for the IETF.
>>
>>    Patrik
>>
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