Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> writes: > On Apr 02 2005, at 15:35 Uhr, Sam Hartman wrote: > >> Similarly the >> rest of the world would like to show that we should have the meetings >> closer to them. > > You are making an assumption about the motives of the people that > point out the continuing decline of suitability of the US as a meeting > place for an international organisation. > This assumption may suggest itself, but it certainly does not apply to > all of those making the argument. Maybe not, but I doubt it's coincidence that the people who are most enthusiastic about Europe are European and that the people who seem most enthusiastic about Asia are Asian. > (I'm not arguing for an all-out change of IETF policy tomorrow, but > this little misunderstanding needs to be set straight. I'm not sure what you think the misunderstanding is. That people are often self-interested and prefer to minimize travel time? I doubt that's a misunderstanding at all. -Ekr _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf