On Aug 24, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote: > >> The University Campus, or maybe "University Conference Center" idea >> is worth exploring, such places do exist (in Atlanta for example), >> but, as others have pointed out, we need to clearly define what the >> goal is here and recognize that there are some incompatible >> requirements. > > I think this is *very* much worth doing. (Full disclosure: I tried > to get IETF-72 in Trinity College Dublin but that fell over thanks > in part to our local fascist sysadmins who hopefully don't read this > list;-) It's worth noting that trinity didn't actually have meeting room big enough for the plenary at least as the plan for the venue I was consulted on went. each venue has unique challenges, some are harder than others. Having worked at a large US state school for more than a decade, only the summer meeting is likely to align with an academic calender in a way that wouldn't cause people to laugh hysterically and show you the door. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf