Re: timing for venue contracting

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Sat, 25 July 2026 17:56 UTC

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From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>
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> On Jul 24, 2026, at 9:37 PM, John Levine <johnl@ietf.email> wrote:
> 
> It appears that Michael Richardson  <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> said:
>> I personally don't have a problem with
>> Bangkok/Singapore/Bangkok/Singapore/Brisbane/Bangkok/Singapore/...
> 
> Me neither but experience tells us that after we go back to the same
> place three times, they often crank up the rate.  That's why we aren't
> likely to be in Prague any time soon.
> 
> I would also like as much notice as possible but I understand that
> venue negotiations are astonishingly complicated.  We have the further
> problem of not being large enough to be a big meeting, while too big
> to be a small meeting, which limits the range of venues we can use.
> I mean, would we keep going to the Metropole if there were anywhere
> else in London that would work?

Well said.

In this case, given that IETF 128 is only ~8 months away, I expect that the choices were limited.

Bob

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