Re: [Mtgvenue] editor's take on draft-ietf-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process

[Kathleen Moriarty <[e-mail]>]

I’ll chime in from my experience as well.

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> On May 1, 2018, at 6:46 AM, Alissa Cooper <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Wearing no hats, I wanted to share a few thoughts about one section below.
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Beatrice Martini <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> >    3. Child care facilities - Proposed Section 3.3
>> 
>> Feedback:
>> Add two notes to Section 3.3. Other Considerations.
>> 
>> Proposed texts:
>> "It is desirable for Venue and Facilities to have at least one dedicated infant feeding room and one family restroom.”
> 
> My experience based on having traveled to many meetings and conferences with small children is that the above two accommodations are two among a much larger list of potential accommodations that allow parents to have the smoothest meeting experience possible when attending with children. Other items include means of heating and cooling food and milk, availability of cribs and high chairs, ability to have children’s items delivered to the conference venue, etc. Each parent’s ideal list of such accommodations is likely different and yet none of these accommodations are necessarily required for a parent to be able to attend a meeting with their child. So I’m not sure why we would specifically call out the infant feeding room and the family restroom.
> 

For the most part, I made sure I stayed at the conference hotel to make travel with a child possible and normally went to the room to feed him or pump.  However, I did find it difficult between sessions in Korea and a room on the main meeting floor would have been really helpful in at least one instance.

An infant feeding room would be very helpful so that attendees could still attend if they were unable to get a room at the conference hotel.  When my son is 5 or 6, I’d likely really appreciate the family restroom.  But I think this would be important for summer meetings or if the meeting was during a school break for some group of attendees.

Having cribs at the main hotel would be important if there was no infant feeding room, meaning the attendee would need to be in the host hotel and couldn’t practically stay at another nearby hotel.

Best regards,
Kathleen 

> Alissa