On 8/4/12 1:31 PM, "Dave Crocker" <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote:
However the tendency of the community has been to express preference for
the tourism of going to new places.
If we really want venues to function towards some ideal, we need the
benefit of a multi-visit learning curve.
And it means we stop being tourists.
Of course holding meetings in a range of locations, some new, also
provides the opportunity to attract new meeting hosts rather than relying
on a small pool of regular hosts. Ultimately, there are pros and cons to
either model and the current model does not seem especially bad (quite the
contrary I think).
And, as they say, 'variety is the spice of life'. ;-)
Perhaps when we the Internet is less dynamic (I hope it is never so) we
could meet in just one city all the time, as I understand some other
standards development group does. ;-)
Jason