Brussels is the less expensive "major" (capital of the E.U., NATO's HQ) city in Europe. Far less expensive than London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Geneva,... And since recently, Eastern Europe can also offer good commodities now, at quite low rates... -----Original Message----- From: Jan Meijer Sent: dimanche 16 mars 2003 3:48 To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Financial state of the IETF - to be presented Wednesday > We usually expect higher costs outside North America - London was even > more expensive than Yokohama. Aren't London and Yokohama quite expensive relative to other possible alternatives in the area? I don't know about Asia but there must be well-connected (flightwise) places in Europe that cost less then London to host a meeting. Jan ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com