Fair enough, and I realize that I am not privy to how the
negotiations go and how much of a discount one gets. I don't want to
know about how the contracts negotiation happens but I do of course
want to have a productive IETF meeting with as few late surprises as
possible.
On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
Cullen Jennings wrote:
>
> On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:
>
>> Ray, I think you need to comment on this. Part of the secretariat
>> booking hotels is to avoid nonsense like this. Why are they not
>> kicking out other guests instead of us?
>
> Actually, I'm interested in a more basic thing. We usually put a
large
> load on a hotel. Why don't our contracts insist that the hotel
not be
> undergoing significant renovation during the meeting. We been at
several
> hotels that are doing renovation during IETF and I don't think it
was
> ever without problems.
Here's the punchline (disclaimer I don't know anything about this
particular hotel contract)...
You get a discount if you're willing to be inconvenienced...
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