Re: [Mtgvenue] Comments on draft-baker-mtgvenue-iaoc-venue-selection-process-02

[Fred Baker <[e-mail]>]

Tell me you’re reading draft-ietf-mtgvenue-…, not draft-baker?

> On Nov 2, 2016, at 6:01 AM, Dave Crocker <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> On 11/2/2016 4:53 AM, Fred Baker wrote:
>> That is part of it. But there is also benefit, a huge one, in human networking. The difference between having scheduled remote meetings using tools such a MeetEcho and an in-person meeting is unscheduled meetings - two or more people can have a meal together or talk in the hallway on a topic of their choice at will. This possibility is maximized if they are physically co-located. When we are housed in a number of smaller hotels, this is still possible, of course, but it is not as accessible.
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> As paradigm choices go, this is a major topic.  Potentially major in how it affects the tone of the IETF meeting and definitely major in its effect on the search for venues.
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> So I suggest we consider both the dynamics of the feature and the effect of alternatives.
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> By way of example:
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>     If an area has many, smaller hotels nearby, is the convenience of getting together hurt significantly?  Why or why not?
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>     Also, how much more work would it be to arrange the same number of reserved rooms, but in a mixture of hotels.  (I believe we have some experience of doing this?)
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> d/
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>  Dave Crocker
>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
>  bbiw.net
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