Re: IETF 97 - Registration and Hotel Reservations Open Now!

John,

For what it is worth, I also consider it troubling that we are constantly in 
this situation. Now, I don’t actually know yet why we are in this situation 
this time. It could be about IT or policy issues on hotel’s side (e.g., why the 
reservations are available but only if you do them in several pieces). It could 
be about hotel not living up to its promise or us failing to hold them to their 
promise. It could be us not asking big enough block. Or that we simply can’t 
get big enough block and satisfy our other requirements. Or some combination 
thereof — and it is my perception that it is likely a combination. I do know 
that it is often very difficult for us to get bigger blocks than what we have.

I’ll note that we’ve promised a broader review of how well the IASA system 
works, and this is one topic among several to look at. We’ve said that the IAOC 
will get to this review later this year, given other ongoing efforts that are 
taking a lot of time.

As for the other issue that you mentioned, I can confirm that we should not 
demand you or any else explain why staying at a particular facility is 
important. I can imagine several reasons, some of which are true for various 
subsets of the community. Maybe a better question might be whether we’re having 
a sufficiently broad and satisfactory selection of official and unofficial 
alternatives (incl. airbnb) in our selected meeting locations. I don’t believe 
that IETF can cope with just the main hotel in almost any location.

Jari

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