On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Marshall Rose wrote: > maybe i'm not following, but it looks like > > (food + meeting room) / 3 = $350,921 > > which is still $113K more than getting the meeting rooms only. So, with the estimate of 1500 people per session, that makes 76$/IETF for food and stuff. 15$/day, not too bad, IMO. Of course, if that'd help, we could just split off "food + beveradge fees" from the attendance, e.g. extra 10 or 15 dollars per day or 50-75$ for the whole thing. Paying could be voluntary, even -- but it'd be on your conscience if you ate without paying. I certainly would be willing (to have my company :-) pay that; all in all, it's *much* more convenient than to go eat breakfast, go elsewhere looking for cookies, soda and stuff. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings