--On 18. mars 2002 13:56 -0600 Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> wrote: > As another independant consultant, I am actually far more price > sensitive on the hotel and food costs than I am on anything. (And the > ritzier the hotel, the higher the cost of the food, and the availability > of a peanut butter sandwidth goes way down). FYI.....We have checked that there is a shopping mall with a food court next to the meeting venue for the Yokohama IETF. You can even get Japanized McDonalds. We try to make good.... Harald