Hi, I assume Hawaii has the same visa issues as the rest of US... Regards, Christer > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Andrew G. Malis > Sent: 6. syyskuuta 2010 1:39 > To: Glen Zorn > Cc: Randall Gellens; IETF-Discussion list; Hadriel Kaplan > Subject: Re: Optimizing for what? Was Re: IETF Attendance by continent > > I've been to several conferences at the Hilton Hawaiian > Village in Waikiki. Both the hotel and the attached > convention center are large enough to host several IETFs > simultaneously. > > Cheers, > Andy > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Glen Zorn <gwz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hadriel Kaplan [mailto://HKaplan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] writes: > > > > ... > > > >> > > >> > Why Kauai? You list detailed reasons why Hawaii is logical and > >> > solves for many of the problems, but you don't say why > this island. > >> > >> Because it's the nicest, obviously. :) > > > > I strongly disagree: the leeward coast of Maui (in > particular, Kihei & > > south) is far better. Kauai is way too rainy... > > > >> > >> > >> > > >> >> We can even rotate islands if people get bored. > >> > > >> > Well, there are extensive conference facilities on Oahu, the Big > >> > Island, Maui, and Kauai. I have no information as to if > they would > >> > work for a group of our size and with our need for > breakout rooms. > >> > >> I used to attend IEEE 802 and they met in Kauai (Grand Hyatt in > >> Poipu) every few years, but they were a smaller group. There aren't > >> many restaurants nearby, but I certainly don't remember > anyone ever > >> complaining about it. ;) > > > > 3GPP2 used to (still does?) meet in Wailea every December. Although > > that is also a much smaller group than the IETF, the hotels > dwarfed it > > so it might be possible to find a reasonable venue for the IETF. > > However, I think that this is just an idle fantasy: the > IETF has too > > much moral fiber to meet someplace that might actually be fun ;-). > > > >> > >> -hadriel > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Ietf mailing list > >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx > >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf