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

[Randy Bush <[e-mail]>]

> You may not think we do, but we actually think pretty hard about the
> facilities available, the costs, and whether it serves the
> community. And yes, we do think about how much time the average person
> spends in transit, and the price of transit.
> 
> That said, in an organization with O(1500) people attending and
> O(4000) people posting on mailing lists or contributing to Internet
> Drafts, when one person or another says "but (wah!) I want you to
> optimize for me!"... we don't. We try to move the meetings so that
> from time to time, if "I" am working in the IETF the meeting is
> somewhat "close" to "me", and we try to make it not too bad for
> everyone else. But we don't go nuts trying to over-optimize.

as an engineer, i judge by the results.  maastricht, beining, praha,
ville de québec, ...  all were reasonable to reach, well as reasonable
to reach as things are for a global organization.  all had fairly
liberal visa policies, which make a *big* difference for our co-workers
from many non-northam countries.  prices were ok, though not great.
otoh, go low and the spoiled and privileged will whine loudly.

i look forward to tai pei.

randy