top posting to make a small point: for the many IETF meetings I've gone to over the years, reserving hotel room took less than 10min in general. For this Taipei meeting however, because the primary hotel price is way above US federal allowance (that's how my employer reimburses me), and the only overflow host is about equally pricy, for the first time I have to find lodging myself--this has taken me hours and still not settled yet (even with a local helper from Taiwan). Wonder whether this time cost should also be considered. On Aug 29, 2011, at 8:19 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf