I suspect so, but was led to believe that there is little flexibility with the dates, and given that these are announced often well in advance of the hosts stepping forward, it is difficult to plan. The Ottawa congess centre was booked for that specific week of November, every year until 2009. Marcia and Dawn at Foretec were great, as was Brett prior to his departure. Cheers, Ben. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Chown <tjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Ben Crosby <ben.crosby@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: hadi@xxxxxxxxxx <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>; ietf@xxxxxxxx <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon Sep 20 11:10:44 2004 Subject: Re: IETF 62 On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:38:43AM -0500, Ben Crosby wrote: > > We explored Vancouver and Montreal as other alternatives. Neither had availability at a venue large enough for the meeting. .. which is the crux... availability far enough in advance. If you plan out further, I suspect availability improves? Tim _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf