Yeah, I agree. Having 100 million people show up at a Hilton hotel for a meeting would likely have us in litigation for decades. Of course, it would be interesting to try to determine how large an area would be covered by hotel bookings for so many attendees... -- Eric Gray Principal Engineer Ericsson > -----Original Message----- > From: 73attendees-bounces@xxxxxxxx > [mailto:73attendees-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrik Fältström > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:29 AM > To: qdang@xxxxxxxx > Cc: 73attendees@xxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualifiedfor > 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria? > > On 18 nov 2008, at 09.59, qdang@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I believe our US government would like to grant visas to as many > > people as they can. However, if anyone wants to attend a meeting in > > the US is granted a visa to come here, then I can imagine there will > > be 100 million visa applications for the IETF meeting in CA > next year > > alone. > > Having 100 million people paying the conference fee for the > next IETF > in San Francisco, just so they could get a 1-entry conference visa > (which is what India offers at no cost for the IGF in Hyderabad), > would radically change the economical situation for the IETF. > > Patrik > > _______________________________________________ > 73attendees mailing list > 73attendees@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/73attendees > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf