Re: [Manycouches] Daniel presentation @ 113

[Simon Leinen <[e-mail]>]

Stephen Farrell writes:
> Apologies if this came up at the meeting (I've yet to look
> at the recording) but in addition to considering offsets I
> think it'd be good if we started to consider ease of access
> to meeting locations via train. We could start that by just
> describing potential train journeys to the meeting city and
> see if it turns into something people start to like. (So no
> need to mandate anything or modify meeting criteria RFCs to
> get started.)

Yes, I think that would be useful.  At least here in Europe, even long
train journeys are becoming more convenient (again), but for
international travel, the mental transaction costs can still be high due
to multiple agencies to deal with/choose between.  Some guidance would
be useful - and also remind people that this option even exists.

> It might not be so useful for some cities, but could be for
> others, e.g. train to Vienna may have been practical for a
> non-trivial number of in-person attendees perhaps. (It'd not
> be of much use for me, living on a small island off the edge
> of Europe as I do, which is a pity as train travel is a lot
> more pleasant than flying, but such is life;-)

Train to Vienna was very practical for me - get on the sleeper train in
Zurich around 11PM, arrive in Vienna the next morning before 8AM.
-- 
Simon.