Re: Venue Announcement for IETFs 98, 99, 102 and 111

Scott Bradner <sob@sobco.com> Fri, 08 January 2016 12:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: Venue Announcement for IETFs 98, 99, 102 and 111
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jck observed

> I can remember times and places when the IETF got meeting rooms
> (sometimes all but the plenary ballrooms, sometimes those but
> not the smaller spaces) for nearly free in return for other
> commitments, commitments that sometimes increased costs
> (relative to what might otherwise have been possible) to
> individual participants.  

the IETF always gets “free” meeting (including plenary) rooms in north america and
never anywhere else - that is just the way that the hotel business works

Scott