On Aug 24, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote: > > > On 08/24/2011 11:43 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: >> >> On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote: >>> Inflation is accounted for in the figures given. We're >>> still>20% above inflation in terms of hotel prices based >>> on these figures. >>> >>> You might claim hotel price inflation is higher than the >>> overall, I don't know. I would hope the iaoc would know >>> that. What I'm claiming is that the numbers seem to me >>> to show that the outcome is not so good. And hence it seems >>> to me that the iaoc is not performing that well in this respect. >>> >>> You might bring out the meeting fee argument etc. but I >>> think you (the iaoc as a group) should start by acknowledging >>> that there is a real issue here and then try to address >>> that and *not* argue I'm accusing you of bad faith or >>> something. >> >> Does not control for currency fluctuation unless I missed something in the table. >> >> not that externalities such as the ECB members flushing the euro down the toilet don't impact costs but the notion that we can anticipate or ameliorate such risks on a 2-5 year time scale is unlikely. > > Not that sure what your point is. If there's a fair way to > arrange the actual data that shows costs not increasing > faster than inflation I'd be interested in seeing that. > I don't believe there is. > > While I'm sure there are details of the table I made > up that can be debated, I'd rather the iaoc do that work > and then > > My point is that for what I've been able to easily measure > it looks to me like the iaoc haven't got great results. and what I'm saying is the current venue is 10% more expensive now then when negotiated. so is your deviation 10% 20% etc. is the ioac on the hook for the value of the us dollar? > Also, I don't see that they're actually concentrating on > reducing costs in a way that can be measured. And I think > they should. > > S. > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf