On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 05:07:28PM +0000, Tim Chown allegedly wrote: > i think on the contrary have 3 meetings but in north america, europe > and asia each year to maximise audience. there are cheap places in > europe, like madrid... It depends on the relationship between attendee numbers and hotel costs. You want to attract more attendees until you reach a level just before a jump to another level of required logistics.