Keith,
Here is the tradeoff:
"The community" has expressed a strong preference for one-roof venues
[which often translates to convention center + hotel next door in our
case] in a city setting (City West and Maastricht being non-examples).
This leads to (generally speaking):
* Somewhat expensive main hotel rates (although I agree that hotel
rates seem to be as variable and unpredictable as airline rates, and
I would hope we could do better even if we sign the contract several
years in advance.)
* More choices in the city nearby ranging from apartment rentals,
smaller hotels etc, etc.
The second item is intended to address your "inclusive" point. As has
been pointed out, QC offers a good range of hotels at various price
points.
Ole
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Keith Moore wrote:
On Jun 19, 2011, at 9:55 PM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote:
On 6/18/2011 9:52 PM, Keith Moore wrote:
Frankly, I'm appalled at the prices and think it's highly inappropriate
for
IETF to be meeting in venues where the "conference hotels" are so
expensive.
May I point out that there has been a survey on the topic and the community
expressed a clear preference for Quebec over other Canadian cities, knowing
that travel would be longer and the number of cheap alternative hotels
smaller.
Is it necessary to remind "the community" that consensus of the
community is meaningless if the community isn't inclusive?
Keith
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