Re: Meeting "lounges" at IETF meetings

[Glen Zorn <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 14:13 -0500, Mary Barnes wrote:

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> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Paul Hoffman <[e-mail]>
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>         On Aug 3, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
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>         > Instead, I think we should ensure that future venues have
>         adequate space for both circulating between meeting rooms and
>         for side conversations.
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>         Just to be clear: you would rather that we pay higher meeting
>         fees in exchange for that adequate space?
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> [MB] Yes. [/MB] 


Just to be even clearer, are you offering to pay those higher fees out
of your own pocket or just to type a larger number into your expense
report?

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>         > I suggest that you could cut the cookie budget if funds
>         really are the only reason this wouldn't be done.
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>         That is one way to pay for the extra space; it might not be so
>         popular in this particular crowd.
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> [MB]  Yes, I know it's not at all a popular idea (to reduce cookies),
> BUT we have had adequate space at previous meetings for which we paid
> the same meeting fee, so it seems possible to get space without
> increasing meeting fees (and I thought Vancouver was selected as it
> was deemed a very moderately priced venue for meetings).   Note, that
> we did get additional space on the 34th floor during the week (which I
> assumed we paid for). Also, there was a block of rooms on the 2nd
> floor that we did not use for our meetings.  [/MB]
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