On Aug 9, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: > offlist. Not so much > Geoff, > > Frankfurt is a city in Germany. I believe the IETF has never been there. Two more tidbits: - It's a huge aviation hub. There are direct flights from everywhere, similar to CDG, Heathrow, or Schiphol - Unlike Paris, London and Amsterdam, it's not a great tourist attraction, so conceivably it would be cheaper. > Other than those two tidbits about it, I've no idea what is to be > accomplished by someone's randomly throwing out the names of cities for > a discussion like this, especially when threads like these always have a > great deal of trouble staying focused on the /principle/ rather than > haggling the details. The principle would be to go to aviation hubs so as to minimize the collective pain. Most people from the US going to Prague, would have a connection in Frankfurt, so a meeting in Frankfurt would reduce the amount of flights. Yoav > On 8/8/2012 12:24 PM, Geoff Mulligan wrote: >> Frankfurt? >> >> >> >> On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Dave Crocker <dcrocker@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 8/8/2012 11:46 AM, Geoff Mulligan wrote: >>>> So then why not consider, London, Paris (not the Concorde Lafayette), Frankfurt, Amsterdam? >>> >>> >>> shockingly, amsterdam can't handle the ietf. wrong mix of resources. really. >>> >>> paris appears to have broad crime and work-ethic patterns that also are problematic, not just at the concorde. >>> >>> to be clear: i'm speaking for myself. >>> >>> d/ >>> >>> -- >>> Dave Crocker >>> Brandenburg InternetWorking >>> bbiw.net >> >> > > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > > Scanned by Check Point Total Security Gateway.