>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Resnick <presnick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Pete> On 8/5/11 2:46 AM, Glen Zorn wrote: >> I note that there is an opening on the IETF meeting calendar for >> an Asian meeting in 2013. Here is a suggestion: >> >> Meeting Facilities: >> http://www.qsncc.com/venue-information/our-facilities.html >> Pete> I'm happy to have the IAOC look at this site. But one of the Pete> items that I've heard is consistently on the "wish list" for Pete> sites is "under one roof". Looking at the hotel list and at Pete> Google maps, there isn't a hotel closer than 1km walk from the Pete> convention center, and the larger ones are further than Pete> that. That's not a show-stopper, but I can say personally that Pete> I am lazy and do not relish the walk at 7:15am to make it to Pete> the IESG meeting. I was similarly not a fan of the Vienna IETF Pete> meeting site, which was likewise situated away from the Pete> hotels. Yes, and we repeated this in numerous other places too. Maastrich and Dublin (I'm told). Montreal (both times)... The problem with Vienna wasn't that the was a walk, but that there was no canonical bar!!!! This is *REALLY* the problem. IETFs want a place to sit and relax and In fact, the walk from the Hilton to the Quebec Conference Centre was pretty close to 1km, and we didn't seem to have a canonical bar either. Some suggested that had the reception room in Quebec had food/drink service, it would have actually been very very very good. (but, I would argue that Commensal was in fact that canonical lunch location...) I travelled 15m on RTC (Quebec City) from Laval University. The residences were pretty rough, but I wasn't bothered because the 7minute frequency continued on until 1am. In Vienna it also wasn't a long trip, but there was obvious place to "run into" other IETFers. -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> then sign the petition. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf