I know for NANOG the Bay Area is a big attendance draw but costs are also much
higher compared to other venues.
Jared Mauch
On Jan 5, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Ole Jacobsen <olejacobsen(_at_)me(_dot_)com>
wrote:
Speaking as the chair of said committee, no "maximizing meeting fee
income" is not and (at least in my opinion) should not be the primary
reason for selecting a venue. There *is* obviously some predictable
correlation between location and attendance number, for example if we
have a meeting in San Jose or San Francisco we would expect a larger
than average number of "locals" to attend because there are many of
them in that area. But it's not clear that such a peak in numbers
would benefit the IETF in the long run, in other words, it isn't clear
that such extra attendees would become regular contributors.