Re: Hilton BA is Booked already?

Complimentary to Ted's posting, I also would like to be counted in the
minority of people who would prefer that we not exclude the majority of
people by never getting to a particular part of the world.  I'm not
saying this should be in heavy rotation, but here's a thought
experiment: what would happen if a lot of people showed and continued to
do work?  Would it mean that people would put up with the arrangements
or would we still have complaints?

Eliot

On 12/16/15 5:59 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:
> > And i am sure iwas also not 300 bookable rooms by the time the mail was sent.
> I made three reservations over the course of about 20 minutes starting about 
> ten minutes after the info went up on the IETF page.   For the first two, all 
> the rooms were available.   For the last one, I had to take two doubles 
> instead of a queen.   (I cancelled the first two--I was having trouble 
> getting the reservation associated with my hhonors account, which is why I 
> had to try multiple times.)
>
> Given the number of dedicated attendees to the IETF, this was essentially a 
> game of musical chairs.   It's one that happens ever IETF, and shouldn't be a 
> surprise to anyone.   We got plenty of advance warning this time--I put an 
> entry on my calendar.   I would have been perfectly happy if I didn't get a 
> room at the hotel this time, as you've said you are.
>
> So I don't really know what the problem is here.   I did a little looking 
> around last week to see if I even _wanted_ stay in the Hilton, and there are 
> a lot of really nice (looking) hotels in Buenos Aires.   I think this is a 
> non-problem, but of course we will discuss it to death anyway... :)

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