Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

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On 7/23/12 6:28 AM, "DRAGE, Keith (Keith)"
<keith.drage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Let's forget the religious discussion that seems to have broken out as a
>result of this.
>
>While Easter may be a major Christian festival, I don't believe the issue
>is such (I can think of no reasons why Christians would have a doctrinal
>reason other than those that apply to any other Sunday and those
>obligations could mostly be met at the venue rather than at home). Rather
>it is Easter the secular public holiday that happens to occur in many
>countries.
>
>This is the set of days when schools take an extended break, parents take
>said children off on short holidays; cheap air tickets cease to be
>available; when you get on the plane, it is full of screaming children;
>local transport all works to a reduced timetable; for those IETFers who
>end up wishing to travel by train, they find themselves moving to busses
>to cater for the engineering works which a 4 day weekend seems to
>encourage.
>
>So my advice would be, change the dates if it looks like you are going to
>hold the meeting in a country that takes such holidays, or where a
>significant number of people would need to transit through such a
>country. If so you need to take into account at least both the Friday and
>Monday in some countries.
>
>Keith
>
>P.S. Trying to avoid every religious and public holiday is an impossible
>task. Do what other organizations have done and concentrate on the impact
>of such holidays on holding the meeting in any location.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wgchairs-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:wgchairs-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of IETF Administrative Director
>> Sent: 20 July 2012 17:06
>> To: IETF Announcement List
>> Cc: iaoc@xxxxxxxx; iab@xxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx; wgchairs@xxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change
>> 
>> The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for
>>IETF
>> 95
>> scheduled for March 2016.
>> 
>> Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016.  27 March
>>is
>> Easter.
>> 
>> The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and
>> would like
>> feedback on those dates before making a decision.  Comments appreciated
>>to
>> ietf@xxxxxxxx
>> by 6 August 2012.
>> 
>> Ray Pelletier
>> IETF Administrative Director




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