I think is clear that we need to fix the meeting dates, and that should be done in advance so we avoid clashes with other events and we can negotiate with hotels and sponsors ahead of time enough to make it cheaper. While I don't agree is to take in consideration national holidays unless they are (almost) *worldwide* ones. Otherwise, taking the national holidays from one or the other country will be discriminatory for the rest. Moreover when we don't know the place we will meet 3-4 years in advance. Otherwise we need to manage at the same time the meeting date and the place for each meeting, which we know is impossible. Regards, Jordi > De: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Responder a: <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx> > Fecha: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:54:14 -0800 (PST) > Para: "Fleischman, Eric" <eric.fleischman@xxxxxxxxxx> > CC: Carl Malamud <carl@xxxxxxxxx>, "ietf@xxxxxxxx" <ietf@xxxxxxxx>, JORDI > PALET MARTINEZ <jordi.palet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Asunto: RE: Proposed 2008 - 2010 IETF Meeting dates > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Fleischman, Eric wrote: > >> An alternative to coordinating meeting dates with a growing list of peer >> entities is to simply say that the IETF will meet on the second week of >> March, July, and November every year. Such a stance would help everyone >> to schedule. >> [Note: these weeks are suggestions only, select a permanent variant of >> your choice.] > > proposed meeting dates through 2010 are posted on the meetings page, > fixing them in stone reduces leway on negotiating future hotel contracts. > > There are other unforseen exegiencies that fixing the data in absence of a > location create like inconvenient national holidays, that make travel to > or from a location infeasible. > >> > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Barcelona 2005 Global IPv6 Summit Slides available at: http://www.ipv6-es.com This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf