Dave, On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:54:43AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: > > Hence the question about priorities. Start with declaring Dublin the venue and > it well might be true that this is the best venue. Start with a requirement > that the venue have ample resources within walking distance and Dublin well > might be disqualitied. > > It's all about priorities. > > And no, I would not have queried if I hadn't felt that attendee convenience were > not the priority that should be highest, but that it appears not to have been > for the Dublin event. Maybe you should volunteer for a position on the IAOC if you believe you can set these priorities better than the people who are currently responsible for this job. Quite frankly, I am not looking forward for a resort hotel setting in the proximity of Dublin as opposed to for example a meeting in Paris. However, that is just based on personal preferences that don't really disqualify this location as a good location for a productive meeting (we don't even know whether there are not a decent number of restaurants etc. nearby the venue). On the other hand, considering the origin of Alcatel-Lucent, I have my suspicions that Paris actually has been considered and didn't work out for other reasons. I am sure Ray can give us a bit more background why we ended up in this venue (and why my corporate rate was quite a bit more attractive than the IETF rate ... ) David Kessens --- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf