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

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

> On 2 May 2018, at 9:43 am, John C Klensin <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> --On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 08:35 +1000 Mark Nottingham
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> On 2 May 2018, at 7:14 am, John C Klensin <[e-mail]>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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.  

Then please consider my answer as a "yes".

> 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.

I find it difficult to respond to these potential effects without returning to a discussion of "how to do it." If I were to do so, my suggestion would be to start small and gather data.

Cheers,



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