I don't see why the model has to add up to a multiple of 3 -- we have an essentially unlimited number of future meetings to schedule, and should be able handle a grouping that doesn't necessarily end on a year boundary each time. My problem with 3-2-1 is that I am not sure whether the "1" should be Europe or Asia, since the number of participants seems to be relatively similar from each. It does occur to me that North America still seems to have more active "repeat offenders" than the other continents. This leads me to wonder about a 3-2-2 model. Ross PS: I have also wondered why July seems to usually land us in Europe, and I am quite looking forward to next July in Quebec City (pretty much all of Canada being nice that time of year). -----Original Message----- From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yoav Nir Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 5:47 AM To: IETF discussion list Subject: Re: IETF Attendance by continent I'm more in favor the 3-2-1 model. The stats clearly show that the largest group of "repeat offenders" comes from the US. But either way, I also agree that Europe is the summer is not ideal. in the US there's much less of the "vacances" phenomenon. So how about: - March in Europe - July in N America - November either in Asia or some other place (Africa, S America) or maybe sometimes in N America, depending on which model we pick. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf