I'll anta up again... Daytona Beach not only has a wide variety of entertainment for ietf'ers (over 200 pubs at last count), but also an international airport, and first class convention facilities. Scott On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Melinda Shore wrote: > On Monday, September 20, 2004, at 08:16 AM, jamal wrote: > > So Mineapolis (the mother of all IETF venues) is less bloodier to get > > to? I am shocked. I would claim Ottawa is more accessible, colder, > > cheaper and doesnt have wimpy tunnels - which makes it a perfect > > choice. > > I think Minneapolis is a terrific venue - the facilities are great, > meals are easy, etc. I've hosted a meeting in Ottawa, and while it's > also a terrific venue it's not that easy to find facilities that > can accommodate a meeting the size of the IETF. Toronto or Montreal > would be a better bet in terms of meeting space. > > I've been denied travel funds to a location that looked too much like > a holiday spot, so I'm not much of an advocate for basing location > decisions on whether or not I'd enjoy the locale - that can backfire. > We've all heard jokes about the European Travel and Sightseeing > Institute, right? > > I used to be heavily involved with Usenix, which has a full-time > meeting coordinator whose job is specifically to find and arrange > meeting venues. I checked their events page recently and they've > got locations for the annual conference pinned down through 2008. > > Melinda > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf