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

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

--On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 08:35 +1000 Mark Nottingham
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 2 May 2018, at 7:14 am, John C Klensin <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
 
>> Given the above (and implicitly incorporating at least some
>> of > Alissa's comments), do you believe it is necessary and >
>> appropriate that we change our procedures to give parents
>> with > small children (and possibly other groups with special
>> issues) > priority on bookings in the meeting hotel?

> It seems like we could borrow from common practice on public
> transport; if you're pregnant / with small children /
> mobility-challenged (permanently or temporarily), you get
> access to a separate hotel booking block / preferred seating
> in the meeting rooms.

Mark, 

Again, I was trying to ask whether people thought this was
desirable and appropriate, not how to do it if that conclusion
were reached.  Your suggestion is about the (or at least an)
obvious way to do it if that conclusion were reached.  

That said, an observation to save others, especially IAOC
members, time.   While I'm pleased that it has apparently not
been a problem for Montreal, we seem to routinely have
complain-fests about the main hotel room block selling out
almost as soon as reservations open.  Now think about the effect
of reserving a block of unknown but probably large size (because
we don't have even a rough estimate of how many people would
want to use it) on that sometimes already-tight situation and be
careful what you wish for.

best,
   john