Re: [Mtgvenue] Was Brisbane a success to be repeated ?

[Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]>]

The asians i asked in general liked it because of much lower TZ differences.
But also observed lower attendance and hence potentially lower productivity of course.

I was primarily wondering if there was a formula like "we needed X more 'locals'
to show up than outside of australia, that's our criteria for success".

Cheers
    Toerless

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 02:16:15PM +1000, Michael Richardson wrote:
> 
> Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > Sorry if subject question was asked and answered elswhere/earlier, please
>     > provide pointers to summary thereof. If not:
> 
>     > Who will atually determine if Brisbane was a success to be repeted, and if so how ?
> 
> LLC+IESG.
> 
>     > Btw: I very much enjoyed Brisbane, but i was privileged in having to fly in only
>     > from a location (SFO) that had a direct connection of <= 14 hours, whereas colleagues
>     > from further east in the Americas and of course in Europe did report total travel
>     > times even in excess of 30 hours. And i also managed to attach vacations to make
>     > the travel very much worthwhile. And i do collaborate a lot with folks from east asia,
>     > who of course also had a good presence.
> 
> I travelled for 38 hours.
> That included some dumb layovers in Toronto and a really long in Vancouver,
> probably as a result of the Dreamliner incident that Air NZ had two weeks
> ago.
> The flight from Toronto to Vancouver was actually the least pleasant of the
> three.
> 
>     > That's especially why i would like to understand best how much effort the IETF puts into
>     > deciding for this type of locations and especially how it will justify it to those for
>     > whom it was inacceptable due to these travel issues.
> 
> Endless discussion.
> 
> I think that the right people to ask are the asians.
> Was the trip from Tokyo or Nanjing or India significant more pleasant for you
> than when we for instance, meet in Prague or Philadelpha/Montreal?
> 
> Clearly, it is unpleasant for Europeans and east-coastians to get to
> Australia (or Bangkok).  But, it's also unpleasant for Australians to get to
> Montreal.
> 
> --
> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>, Sandelman Software Works
>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-                      *I*LIKE*TRAINS*



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