Re: [89attendees] thanks to the meeting organization

Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@isoc.org> Sun, 09 March 2014 07:41 UTC

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On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote:

> 
> Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In particular, although the rooms were in a maze, I was amazed how
>> everybody at the IETF Registration Desk knew precisely where every
>> other room was, and guided me precisely.  Never has anyone pointed me
>> to the map, they just knew - thanks.
> 
> Ray, should we wind up in a hotel with a maze, I suggest that we have a
> scanvenger hunt just after the reception on Sunday.  That way, many people
> will have visited each of the rooms before they have to find the new room
> with 10 minutes to spare.

Interesting idea.
> 
> Also I realized that one advantage of the whole "Regency A,B,C,D,E" naming
> scheme is that if you've been to "A", you likely can find "B" pretty easily,
> vs Viscount/Sovereign/Monarchy Suite name isn't obviously related…

So true.  Not sure how to handle that one.  Maybe in a situation like this we should add location identifiers, 
West 1 (W1) Viscount.

> 
> I did appreciate that the snacks were will distributed though,
> and the hallways were not congested (remembering a San Diego and Orlando '98
> meeting..)

A logistical challenge for the staff and hotel, especially amounts and replenishment, but they were pretty responsive.

Thanks for the feedback	

Ray


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