Re: IETF 92 in Dallas!

[joel jaeggli <[e-mail]>]

On 8/15/12 9:49 PM, Alejandro Acosta wrote:
> Hi All,
>    In my humble opinion I totally agree with Arturo. So far I do know
> several cities in Latin America and I believe Sao Paulo (Brazil) or
> Cancun (Mexico) might be a good options. Of course there are many more
> good cities, those ware the first two that came to my mind.
>    I hope IETF 100 can be done over there.
Notably Sao Paulo gets a train line from GRU in time for the worldcup in 
theory, which would be a substantial accessibility improvement.

Some locations in the southern hemisphere where attendees hail from have 
even more painful routing than normal to GRU e.g. syd. The observation 
would be that it's a long-haul for all but a handful of attendees.
> See you,
>
> Alejandro,
>
>
>
> On 8/15/12, Arturo Servin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 	So "Americas" was actually "North America".
>>
>> 	Well, it went the possibility to have one in central or south america, what
>> at shame. At least until IETF 98 in March 2017 no IETF down the south of Rio
>> Grande.
>>
>> 	May I ask the IAOC, what are the impediments to have one IETF in Latin
>> America?
>>
>> Regards,
>> as
>>
>> On 15 Aug 2012, at 14:04, IETF Administrative Director wrote:
>>
>>> The IAOC is pleased to announce Dallas, TX, USA as the site for IETF 92
>>> from March 22-27,
>>> 2015.  The IETF was last in Dallas for IETF 65 in 2006.  IETF 92 will be
>>> at a different venue in
>>> the Dallas Arts District.
>>>
>>> Those who may be interested in hosting or sponsoring this or any future
>>> meeting are invited to
>>> contact Drew Dvorshak at [e-mail].  See Host opportunities
>>> below.
>>>
>>> Ray Pelletier
>>> IETF Administrative Director
>>>
>>> IETF Meeting Schedule:
>>>
>>> 2012
>>> 	IETF 85  Atlanta  4 - 9 November   Host: North American Cable Industry
>>>
>>> 2013
>>> 	IETF 86  Orlando  10 - 15 March (Back-to-back with IEEE 802) Comcast &
>>> NBC Universal
>>> 	IETF 87  Berlin  28 July - 2 Aug  Host and Sponsors Sought
>>> 	IETF 88  Vancouver  3 - 8 November  Host Sought
>>>
>>> 2014 - Hosts sought
>>> 	IETF 89	London
>>> 	IETF 90	Toronto
>>> 	IETF 91   Honolulu	
>>>
>>> 2015 - Hosts sought
>>> 	IETF 92	Dallas
>>> 	IETF 93	Europe
>>> 	IETF 94	Yokohama  WIDE
>>