Re: [Recentattendees] Background on Singapore go/no go for IETF 100

[Naeem Khademi <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Randal Atkinson <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> > On 31Jan2017, at 04:44, Naeem Khademi <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > The next IETF in the US after Chicago, would be in July 2018 in SF. I
> don't think it's even possible
> > to buy a flight ticket for that time as of now (most airlines wouldn't
> do such pre-sale). So, it's pretty
> > much possible to relocate that meeting elsewhere with causing no loss to
> anyone's already-made plans.
>
> The claim above that "most airlines won’t sell 6 months in advance" is
> false.
>

Since you're quoting me (calling it "claim above"), I have a hard time
finding the exact text you're referring to in my writing ;-). I stated that
most airlines wouldn't do such a pre-sale for July 2018 (IETF @SF) which
happens 16 months in the future, so I stay correct.

Regards,
Naeem


> Most airlines, including all or nearly all major full-service
> international airlines, start selling tickets
> at least 12 months before the departure date for the 1st flight on an
> itinerary.
>
> To my knowledge, there are some people who already have purchased tickets
> to go to IETF in SFO.
> This really ought not be surprising as the lowest-cost fares often
> sell-out earliest.  A number of
> IETF people don’t work for big companies and are traveling on their own
> money.   Those people
> would suffer greatly from a change in location less than 12 months out.
>
> I am aware that some have suggested the IETF do more remote meetings.  I
> think that is worth
> exploring.
>
> I certainly would support IETF making all future meetings more accessible
> remotely  — and I think
> that is a goal the IETF has been making progress on for some years now,
> using Jabber, VTC,
> and so forth.  Expanding the remote access capabilities and coverage for
> all future meetings
> (to the extent that is practical at a given point in time) only makes
> sense.
>
> Yours,
>
> Ran
>
>