On 8/29/10 1:08 PM, Randall Gellens wrote: > At 3:53 PM -0500 8/27/10, Mary Barnes wrote: > >> I agree 100% that the question is pretty >> useless if Maastricht is considered secondary. A survey of the number >> of hops (planes, trains and automobiles) that participants have to >> take to each of those "secondary" venues would highlight the distinct >> difference IMHO. > > It's not even the number of hops but the difficulty of figuring them out > and doing them, plus elapsed time. In both the netherlands and japan cases, not figuring it out was an option... Once I saw what was available in the netherlands I simply arrived at AMS and took the first train in the right direction. likewise with hiroshima, figuring out whether I sould be on 08:07 hikari or the 08:13 nozomi was way to find grained a level of detail to work out until 07:52 >> >> I also added a comment about the fact that some of the differences in >> responses in terms of tourism opportunities likely depends upon how >> many sessions the individual needs to attend, how many WGs they chair >> and how many WGs they are presenting in. Asking folks that question >> would really help with the analysis. My guess is that it's those of us >> that need to be in sessions pretty much solid starting as early as >> 7:30 am and going to beyond 10pm on the majority of the days are the >> ones that are most concerned about efficiencies and the conveniences >> in getting the basics of food, a safe/clean place to sleep and >> Internet. > > A good observation. It's been perplexing how many people seem to prefer > what I find to be difficult venues that don't work well for the core > purpose. I think your explanation makes sense: some people go for only > a few WGs and hence have lots of time to be a tourist. > > -- > Randall Gellens > Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only > -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- > #Random Tag _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf