RE: Egypt as the next venue.

[Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, good choice in New Cairo.

 

From: Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:29 AM
To: Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@xxxxxxxxx>; Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: IETF Discussion <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.

 

Egypt is in the process of building a new capital city from scratch, so we should send the planners the meeting venue documents and ask them to fulfil all criteria.

 

Regards,

 

Christer

 

From: ietf <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Yoav Nir
Sent: keskiviikko 26. elokuuta 2020 0.52
To: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: IETF Discussion <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Egypt as the next venue.

 

Hi, Omar.

 

Egypt has been a host to many international conferences.  I’m not sure that Sharm el Shikh is right for the IETF, though.

 

The people coming to IETF meeting are diverse. You’ll have people who require vegetarian food, and vegans and people with peculiar allergies or eating habits. It is usually far easier to serve all those needs in a big city with a lot of restaurants than in a smaller place.  When IETF met in Maastricht and in “Dublin” (actually a small town 15 km north of Dublin) there were a lot of complaints about the limited choice of foods.  Now, Sharm el Shikh has 73,000 people making it a meduim-sized town, not 25,000 as in Maastricht, but it’s no Alexandria.

 

Many of the people coming to IETF meetings are cheap. Sharm el Shikh is very touristy and as such rather expensive relative to other places in Egypt. Rather than having functional hotels, the place is full of resorts.  By the time the IETF is ready to hold physical meetings again, tourism is likely to be in full swing as well.

 

So why do you advocate for places with a very low number of people?

 

On 24 Aug 2020, at 23:30, Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

Hi All,

 

This e-mail is to suggest Egypt as the next venue for the IETF meeting that needs to be held, as you know there are many cities and I prefer the one with very low number of poeple like Sharm El Shikh.

 

So you can check out that city and start taking it seriously into your consideration as I’m sure you will enjoy your time here, just if you will find your own partners.

 

Best regards,

 

Khaled Omar