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Re: Hotel situation

Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen@me.com> Wed, 16 December 2015 17:27 UTC

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:27:16 -0800
From: Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen@me.com>
To: Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hotel situation
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2015, Melinda Shore wrote:

> I don't know what Usenix is doing these days but back
> when I was heavily involved we always seemed to find
> hotels that could accommodate most attendees.  But, they
> had a very, very skilled professional meeting organizer
> on staff rather than relying on a committee of volunteers.
> 
> Melinda

Just on your final point: The IETF does not solely "rely on
a committee of volunteers," we use a very skilled professional
meeting organizer called AMS, aka the IETF Secretariat.

Ole

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