I was considering actually coming to that meeting, but, at circa
USD 450/room/night including taxes... not likely.
If anyone considers not staying at the primary hotel as a basic reason
not to attend an IETF meeting, there almost certainly are deeper issues
to worry about.
On the other hand, if there are no rooms at a 'reasonable' rate and with
sufficiently convenient access to the venue, then that's a
straightforward and serious IAOC problem, because it isn't supposed to
happen... It used to be an issue but the staff and meetings committee
attend to it rather carefully, these days, in my direct experience.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net