Dave, > Is that hope for future participation by new attendees an acceptable > basis for making venue choices that hurt current participation by > primary contributors? > > What is the evidence that we will not gain that new participation > without hurting current participation by primary contributors? The working groups I chair have particpants from Asia, Europe & North America. I don't see many places, outside of Antarctica, that would cause all of the active contributors an equal amount of travel pain. I really think this is a non-issue for the IETF as a whole. John _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf