Keith,
I would be amazed if any major hotel or convention centre would allow its
bid to be made public in this way. I too am disturbed by the Taipei hotel
rate, but I know from my own time on the IAOC that matching bids, dates,
hosts and all the other constraints is essentially an insoluble problem.
It would be interesting if someone with historical data could plot IETF
hotel and meeting fee costs over the years since 1986, normalized to take
account of inflation and trade-weighted currency variations. I really
can't guess what the outcome would be.
Regards
Brian Carpenter
On 2011-08-25 09:12, Keith Moore wrote:
Maybe there needs to be some sort of voting system for future venues.
You'd be eligible to vote if you'd attended an IETF anytime within the past,
say, 2 years - or if you were willing to commit to attending the one you vote
on if it wins. (say by putting down a deposit toward meeting fees).
Instead of picking one venue, the committee would solicit bids from N (say
3-4) different venues within a geographic region. The bids would include:
room cost per night in the conference hotel
room cost per night in each of some small number of alternate hotels
locations of said hotels and nature of transportation between there and the
conference venue
meeting fee for the entire week if that venue is chosen
other pertinent information (like what kind of food is nearby, what kind of
facilities there are in or near the venue for impromptu gathering, what kinds
of sightseeing opportunities there are, etc.)
The committee would survey attendees from time to time and tell the
prospective venues what kinds of criteria the attendees found important, so
they'd know how best to make their pitch.
Every eligible voter would get one vote. There would be a strict deadline
for submitting bids, and a strict deadline for voting.
That way, everyone could figure his own travel costs, factor in his own
willingness to stay further away for less cost, etc.
Keith
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