Folks, >From the financials: HTA> The terminal room cost is $0 in 2001 because all 3 IETF meetings HTA> were hosted. In 2003, we expect to have at least one, and possibly HTA> two, non-host meetings, which means that terminal room costs will HTA> come out of the secretariat's budget. Perhaps it is again time to suggest forming a standing "terminal access" committee, to help ensure timely, reliable, performant net access, etc.? Although we seem to have been spared visible disasters in the last few years, delivery of these services has periodically still been a very close call, requiring emergency and herculean intervention of some senior talent. The technical and operations requirements for these events are actually a bit unusual, especially since the physical aspects of the venue affect wireless so much. Therefore each new team has had a learning curve for the process. So why not recruit the talent ahead of time, use it for planning and setup, working at a more deliberate pace, deliverying on experience with our needs, and avoiding the crises and risk? d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> Sunnyvale, CA USA <tel:+1.408.246.8253>, <fax:+1.866.358.5301>