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Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Mon, 01 August 2011 15:14 UTC

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From: Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:13:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!
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On Jul 31, 2011, at 10:52 PM, "Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 81attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:81attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Joe Touch
>> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 4:02 PM
>> To: Ersue, Mehmet (NSN - DE/Munich)
>> Cc: <81attendees@ietf.org>
>> Subject: Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!
>> 
>> -1
>> 
>> A city with a real set of international connections is better (eg
>> Vancouver)
> 
> Since Quebec City has direct flights to Montreal, Toronto, Newark and Chicago, all of which are major intercontinental hubs, I'd say it has plenty of international connections.

An international hub would reach more than two other counties (the neighboring one and France).  Yes, there are connections to international hubs, but this isn't an international hub by any stretch. Traveling via train would have required an overnight in Montreal - which I've never needed before for travel to Europe or Japan.

AFAICT this venue was preferred for its vacation qualities, not for business reasons (see the early post on why this was selected over Vancouver).

I hope future selections will focus on ease/speed of travel to the venue as well as the meeting space and hotels. For me it was easier, cheaper, and nearly as much time to get to Maastricht as would have been QC. If that persists, I'll be glad to remind everyone that our primary forum is the email lists, and take planes for true vacations instead.

Joe

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