Re: Meetings in other regions

MEXICO!!!!


On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:54:16AM -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> JORDI PALET MARTINEZ wrote:
> > There are two issues:
> >
> > 1) Cost. IETF has limited resources, so unless each of us want to pay more
> > and more for the registration fees or we are able to compensate the cost
> > with more sponsors (which is every day more difficult), we need to look for
> > cheaper locations.
> >
> > 2) Is un fair that the main driver is only looking at where more people
> > comes from (this is fortunately changing anyway, and thus will less and less
> > easy to match). Even worst if that's a country with doesn't allow everyone
> > to come in.
> So where is this mythical low cost easy to travel to country within
> easy reach of an untapped resource of potential ietf participants?
>
> Once we've located it, it should be easy for the IAD to book us a hotel
> on the dates we've fixed in stone 2 years in advance...
>
> > Regards,
> > Jordi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > De: Scott W Brim <swb(_at_)employees(_dot_)org>
> > > Organización: Cisco Systems, Inc.
> > > Responder a: <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
> > > Fecha: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:14:34 -0400
> > > Para: Fred Baker <fred(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
> > > CC: <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>, <dassa(_at_)dhs(_dot_)org>
> > > Asunto: Re: Meetings in other regions
> > >
> > > On 07/14/2006 10:01 AM, Fred Baker allegedly wrote:
> > > > Once upon a time,
> > > > the guideline I followed was that about 1/6 of the IETF was from Europe,
> > > > a smattering was from elsewhere, and the lion's share was from the US,
> > > > so I scheduled a meeting every other year in Europe, the odd one in
> > > > random places, and the lion's share in the US. Those statistics are
> > > > essentially meaningless now.
> > > Why are they meaningless?  The IETF should overwhelmingly meet where
> > > the participants are, wherever that might be.  I still like your
> > > algorithm.
> > >
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