I like the 1-1-1-* model: of every 4 meetings, hold 1 in North America, 1 in Europe, 1 in Asia, and 1 anywhere (could be one of the above or some "non-standard" location like Africa or South America if that can be worked out). On 8/11/10 1:27 PM, Ross Callon wrote: > 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