On 8/29/2011 8:01 AM, 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.
As we have been told for many years and experienced directly, hotel schedules become crowded 2-3 years ahead of time. That means we must fix our dates farther ahead than we have been doing. 1.5 years essentially guarantees our having very limited choice.
This is one of the reasons for the recent move to target having a contract 3 years ahead of time. However this year is transitional, so we are still suffering from having contract negotiations too close to the event.
As I understand it, the class list also is very much a factor in planning far ahead. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf