Subject: Re: IAOC requesting input on (potential) meeting cities
To: Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>, ietf@ietf.org, venue-selection@ietf.org
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From: Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com>
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Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 00:58:35 +0100
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On 31/03/2017 15:42, Eliot Lear wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 3/31/17 9:18 AM, IAOC Chair wrote:
>> The IAOC remains committed to soliciting input on future IETF meeting locations. With this mail, we are soliciting input on some potential IETF locations, including one where we have met before, but for which conditions may have changed.
>>
>> Specifically, we seek community input on reasons we could not have a successful meeting in any of the following cities, or of any limits to attendee accessibility or inclusiveness that should be considered:
>>
>> Ottawa
>> San Francisco
>> Austin, TX
>> Barcelona
>> Boston
>> Busan - looks expensive to get to
>> Calgary - also looks expensive to get to
>> Denver
>> Helsinki
>> Houston
>> New Orleans
>> Osaka
>> Philadelphia
>> Washington DC
>
To save everyone doing it, it would be good to show representative 
airfares and times from a major hub in Europe, East and West Coast, and Asia

I am sure cost and travel time will impact acceptability.

- Stewart