On Wed, 24 Aug 2011, Dave CROCKER wrote: > ps. Underlying any sort of change to the model is a change in the nature of > host/sponsor recruitment. The current approach uses new venues to aid in > finding new sponsors. Not quite. But you are correct that sponsors/hosts often strongly influence the choice of venue and let's not forget that there are places (China for example) where we could NOT do a meeting without a host [regardless of any financial considerations]. There may not be many such places, but the do exist. Ole _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf