Re: [76attendees] thanks to the organizers and the city of Hiroshima

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Fri, 13 November 2009 00:15 UTC

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Rod,

I fully agree.  This was a stellar meeting and I think it sets a new  
standard for all future meetings!

Many thanks to Jun, the WIDE project, all of the sponsors, and  
everyone else who helped make this meeting a success.

Bob

On Nov 13, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Rodney Van Meter wrote:

> I'm a member of the WIDE Project, but I get none of the credit for  
> making IETF such a success.  I stand in awe especially of the NOC  
> team: Profs. Kato, Osamu Nakamura, and Shigechika from Keio, Prof.  
> Maeda from Hiroshima, Ray Atarashi from IIJ, and a long list of  
> students (including qoo, kudo, and tomine).  Some of them prefer to  
> work in the background, but their work stands out.
>
> The city also went amazingly far out of its way.  The "Welcome IETF"  
> signs on the streetcar platforms, the party, the PASPY, and  
> especially the city lights that made wandering the streets in the  
> evening so pleasant.  I didn't try the bikes, and had no need of the  
> translator service (except possibly from Hiroshima dialect to Kanto  
> dialect :-), but those seemed to be wins, as well.
>
> The gang from e-side (Scott and Pres. Arai, and others whose names I  
> don't recall) certainly made it all work.
>
> And Jun Murai is, of course, The Man.  ("What kind of sycophant are  
> you?"  "What kind would you like?" to quote a movie.)
>
> For those of you who missed the social, my new hero:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadatoshi_Akiba
> I've followed his peace work for years, but had no idea he has a  
> Ph.D. in math from MIT and taught in the U.S. for more than fifteen  
> years.
>
> Hope to see you in Anaheim!
>
> 		--Rod
>
> P.S. Do try to walk over to the dome and museum, if you haven't yet.  
> It's close, it's important, it's moving, it's sobering.  It is,  
> however, not fun.
>
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