Re: IETF Meeting Venue Selection Criteria

Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz@cmu.edu> Thu, 20 October 2005 20:27 UTC

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From: Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz@cmu.edu>
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On Thursday, October 20, 2005 09:22:40 AM -0700 Dave Crocker 
<dhc2@dcrocker.net> wrote:

>
> The criteria reduced to:  Major city with excellent international flight
> connectivity and appropriate meeting facilities in an area with good
> support facilities, so the venue is not some sort of limited-access
> ghetto.  One default on the North American west coast, one on the East.
> One in Europe and one in Asia.
> I believe that the current realities of travel to the U.S. by
> non-citizens makes the U.S. a problematic venue for IETF participation.
> I also believe that non-North American travel for primary IETF
> contributors is frequently problematic.  So for the majority of IETF
> meetings, Canada looks extremely attractive.  That means Vancouver for
> the West (though perhaps Calgary works) and Toronto or Montreal for the
> East.

Or we could just default all North American meetings to Minneapolis. :-)

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