In message <E32465322FD83BF1D45007F6@AS-S2N>, John C Klensin writes: > > >--On Wednesday, August 03, 2005 09:16 -0400 "Andrew G. Malis" ><andymalis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> I did notice fewer people in the bar than usual. Given how >>> much work gets done at bar bofs, that's significant. >> >> I suspect that's due to what they charge in the hotel bar more >> than anything else! :-) > >To the extent to which bar bof meetings are semi- or completely >spontaneous (and many are), having multiple bars in separate >buildings doesnâ??t help much either. I've gone looking for >people late evening, tried two places in one building and one in >the other, and given up. And I've mounted that intense a >search only once. > We've had that discussion many times -- think of the post-Vienna discussions. Multiple hotels/bars are definitely a bad idea. But they're not always avoidable. --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf