It appears that John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> said: >I had, indeed, completely forgotten that meeting and the >associated policies. Not a good reason to tolerate/ encourage >another very restrictive cancellation policy however. I do >continue to accept Jay's assertion that this it the best that >can be done, especially if we were locked into the hotel due to >deferring the earlier schedule. It's not just that. If we want to meet in London, there is only one hotel that has the facilities and meeting rooms we need. It's a running joke that every time any of us go to London, it's to the Metropole if it's a big meeting, or the Park Plaza if it is a small one. When ICANN met in London in 2014, I presume you remember where it was. Our staff has been making hotel arrangments for our meetings for a long time and I think most of us agree they have been doing a good job. Does anyone really imagine they said, oh, heck, nobody cares about the cancellation policy R's, John
