Subject: Re: Hotel situation
From: Ole Jacobsen <[email-masked]>
To: Melinda Shore <[email-masked]>
Cc: IETF Discussion <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:27:16 -0800 (PST)
List-Id: IETF-Discussion <ietf.ietf.org>

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