Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!
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Subject: Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!
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+1 - speaking for myself as a long-time IETF participant (10+ years), Quebec City was easily one of the 3 best venues. Thanks, --David > -----Original Message----- > From: 81attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:81attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dave CROCKER > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 2:10 PM > To: 81attendees@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job! > > Preface: > > Perhaps it is not unprecedented, but I do not recall seeing such a strongly > positive post-meeting set of postings before this, especially in the face of a > noticeably thin set of complaints. Whatever Quebec City's magic, it worked > impressively well and that definitely should count for quite a lot. > > In particular, since real attendees at recent meetings must be treated as > the sizable core population for future meetings, that reaction overrides most > other concerns. > > (Just to be thorough -- the concerns that I saw raised that seemed to have a > base of agreement were: Delta's network, a tendency for very cold meeting > rooms, and high food prices. I also heard some complaints about food at the > Hilton, but not on the list. Were there others?) > > > Regularly-scheduled programming: > > As for some of the long-standing points about meeting at non-hub venues: > > > On 8/1/2011 5:32 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > SFO-ORD = about 4 hours > > > > ORD-YQB = about 2 hours > > plus transit time /in/ ORD. Changing planes typically adds at least 2-3 hours to > the total trip time, counting landing and takeoff and in-airport transfer. > > In addition, non-hub venues have much more fragile and limited connectivity. > Quebec city is serviced by a couple of regional carriers, to only a few cities, > codeshares with major airlines notwithstanding. > > Transitions always make a process more fragile and carry additional cost. > > (This includes opportunities for luggage or the passenger to miss the > connection. I enjoyed both of these excellent experiences on this trip -- one > going and one returning -- by way of demonstrating that these are not matters of > theoretical concern.) > > On a good trip, the extra hop to a non-hub location typically costs 4-8 hours > round-trip, often also costing more money. > > That's 500-1000 extra person days spent in transit. > > I have never understood why we are so cavalier about the aggregated cost. > > > > > On 8/1/2011 2:57 PM, Fred Baker wrote: > >> Where it gets crazy is if there are not adequate > >> flights to support meeting attendance (if we wanted to have the IETF in Santa > >> Barbara, I'd be happy, but the rest of you would be whining up a storm), if > >> routes or layovers are just plain silly (I once flew Kampala->Cairo via > >> Lilongwe and Johannesburg, and don't get me started on San > >> Francisco->Bangalore), or such. > >> > >> I don't think we have an appropriate emoticon for "I am so very OVER people > >> whining about not being able to get end to end on a single airplane"... > > Presumably there is an important distinction between whining and serious > criticism. I say this with some doubt, since postings like this are quite > common and appear to confuse the two. > > For example, I challenge folks to find anyone having asserted the requirement to > get "end to end on a single airplane". However it does evoke a convenient basis > for dismissing serious discussion. > > One might even say that most of the whining about venue choice is by the people > attaching the label whining to efforts at serious. > > IETF lists do get silly postings and one would think, by now, that we would all > know how to distinguish between them and serious postings. Instead we often use > the silly postings as an excuse to dismiss the serious ones. > > Tsk. Tsk. > > Discussion about travel to IETF meetings tends to be dominated by highly > experienced travelers who already spend a great deal of their lives on planes > and in foreign countries and for whom an extra connection really is in the noise. > > As such, it means that we ignore or denigrate those who do not travel as much > but who want to come to a meeting to do work. For these latter folk, extra > hassles (and costs) are significant, whether we respect that or not. > > d/ > > -- > > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > _______________________________________________ > 81attendees mailing list > 81attendees@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/81attendees
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… John R. Levine
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… John R. Levine
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Joe Touch
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… david.black
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
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- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Joe Touch
- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Dave CROCKER
- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Joe Touch
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Ted Lemon
- Re: [81attendees] The perennial air connection/ h… Ole Jacobsen
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randall Gellens
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randall Gellens
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ted Lemon
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Kevin P. Fleming
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ted Lemon
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Adam Roach
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Curtis Villamizar
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- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Jim Martin
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… John C Klensin
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- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations James M. Polk
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… George Michaelson
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- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Ted Lemon
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Yoav Nir
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Yoav Nir
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… DRAGE, Keith (Keith)
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Burger Eric
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Dae Young KIM
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- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Yoav Nir
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Nishal Goburdhan
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Carlos M. Martinez
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Warren Kumari
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Ray Bellis
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randy Bush
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process -… Steve Crocker
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Dae Young KIM
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] casual attendees & WG process Curtis Villamizar
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… Randall Gellens
- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… ALAIN AINA
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- Re: [81attendees] diverse meeting locations (was:… John C Klensin