I think San Diego was worse than Dublin in that respect. At least in Dublin there were free busses to the city center.
Janet
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ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx wrote on 09/14/2010 12:02:28 PM:
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> Re: All these discussions about meeting venues
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> Ole Jacobsen
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> to:
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> dcrocker
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> 09/14/2010 12:08 PM
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> George Michaelson, IETF Discussion
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> Please respond to Ole Jacobsen
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> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Dave CROCKER wrote:
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> > Maastricht suffered an impressive variety of problems. Worse, some of those
> > problems have become a recurring pattern. As examples, we have had a
> > significant number of venues in recent years that were distant from major
> > transportation hubs and/or were distant from "local" resources such as the
> > usual array of hotels, restaurants, markets and the like.
>
> Rewinding eleven:
>
> Hiroshima
> Stockholm
> San Francisco
> Minneapolis
> Dublin
> Philadelphia
> Vancouver
> Chicago
> Prague
> San Diego
> Montreal
>
> Of these I can name only Dublin as falling into the category which you
> class as a pattern. I am not saying Maastricht or Dublin did not have
> problems, I am saying the claim that there is a significant pattern
> here is over-stating it.
>
> Please keep in mind that we have several "non-negotiable" requirements
> for venue selection. The first is actually availability of venue on
> our dates since our dates are FIXED. Proposals for changing the
> meeting model won't necessarily change that reality.
>
> Ole
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