Re: IETF Meeting in South America

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Fri, 24 May 2013 04:55 UTC

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From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
Subject: Re: IETF Meeting in South America
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 14:55:46 +1000
To: "Fred Baker (fred)" <fred@cisco.com>
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I weep for you - those NA meetings being 

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On 24/05/2013, at 2:10 PM, "Fred Baker (fred)" <fred@cisco.com> wrote:

> 
> On May 23, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 24/05/2013, at 9:06 AM, Fred Baker (fred) <fred@cisco.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I took the perspective that on our 40th meeting, we could have 1/40 in a place that we had a few faithful participants that was well out of the way.
>> 
>> Does this imply that, if we have a meeting in South America, I'll need to wait another 10 years before I fly less than 24 hours to get to an IETF meeting?
>> 
>> Cheers from Melbourne,
> 
> That's a question for the IAOC. For the record, when IETF meetings are not in North America, it's a similar duration trip for me. You're not alone. Like Melinda (in Alaska), you're just an extreme case.