Re: Deja Vu

Having lived in New Zealand, Europe and (this week) in Chicago, I have 
to say that the US is a pretty good location for the majority of IETF
meetings, for many practical reasons. I've never been offended by
having to cross the ocean; with air fares as illogical as they are, it
isn't even a cost issue. One meeting a year outside the US seems
fine to me.

   Brian

"Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" wrote:
> IETF meetings are held because they are beneficial to accomplishing
> the work of the IETF, not to promoate some sort of internationalism.
> Thus far they have been geographically distributed roughly as the
> recent IETF meeting attendees locations has been geographically
> distributed.  (Availability of hosts and facilities is obviously also
> a factor.)  As long as about 2/3 of the IETF attendees are from North
> America, 2/3 of the meetings should be in North America.
>
> Donald
>
> PS: I don't think that being accessible via a direct flight should be
> a controlling factor.  I usually don't take a direct flight to or from
> the IETF meeting although I live in the USA and I don't see this as a
> problem.
>
> From:  graham(_dot_)travers(_at_)bt(_dot_)com
> Message-ID:  
> <451D45016C2CD2119DA50000F8FE7F070C1A98F1(_at_)mlngcbnt01(_dot_)hc(_dot_)bt(_dot_)com>
> To:  kaih(_at_)khms(_dot_)westfalen(_dot_)de, ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
> Date:  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:41:14 +0100
>
> > All,
> >
> > OK, so when are we going to move from having 2 meetings per year in the USA
> > ?
> >
> > How about 1 per year in North / South America, 1 per year in Asia /
> > Australasia and 1 per year in Europe / Africa ?
> >
> > As for holding meetings near international air hubs -
> > 1.  Oslo ?
> > 2.  Have you tried getting a direct flight to Minneapolis from outside the
> > USA ?  or San Diego ?  It's not easy.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:        kaih(_at_)khms(_dot_)westfalen(_dot_)de 
> > > [SMTP:kaih(_at_)khms(_dot_)westfalen(_dot_)de]
> > > Sent:        Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:31 PM
> > > To:  ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
> > > Subject:     Re: Deja Vu
> > >
> > > day(_at_)std(_dot_)com (John Day)  wrote on 20.03.01 in
> > > <v04220801b6dd4a484c1a(_at_)[208(_dot_)192(_dot_)102(_dot_)20]>:
> > >
> > > > > sorry, but this is a US centric comment. IETF is international, so
> > > > > centrally located is an interesting question: center of the earth
> > > > > (probably enough hot...;-))).
> > > > I'm not so sure.  From what I hear from the EU and Pacific Rim
> > > > countries, the Internet is a US plot intended at further imposing US
> > > > imperialism on the rest of the world.  How can that many people be
> > > > wrong?  I was just going with the majority opinion.
> > > Looking at ICANN voting turnout, maybe it's a plot by the EU to take over
> > >
> > > the US?
> > >
> > > MfG Kai