There likely are no such dates as there are telecommunications standards meetings of one kind or another virtually every week of the year (except Christmas and (western) new year). Many other standards organisations depend on IETF standards so it is important to avoid clashes with those organisations so those stakeholders can participate. It is desirable if the meetings are not back to back but that isn't always possible but direct clashes should be avoided especiallly since IETF only meets 3 times a year. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Iljitsch van Beijnum [mailto:iljitsch@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:19 AM To: henk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <henk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: voting system for future venues? On 29 Aug 2011, at 17:01 , Henk Uijterwaal wrote: > If we want more flexibility in order to find better hotel deals, then we have > to do something like: dates are fixed approximately 1.5 years out, and we do > not mind having meetings back-to-back with other organizations on the clash > list. That means that some folks will have to travel around the globe between > Friday afternoon and Sunday morning in order to make it from one meeting to > another. Is this so bad that $300/night room prices for hundreds of participants to avoid this issue is a good deal? One potential solution could be to select two or three weeks that don't clash or only minimally clash and then start the negotiations with a few more options, fixing the date a year or so out. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf