On 8/10/12 9:30 AM, Tim Bray wrote:
Frankfurt as the Minneapolis of Europe: central, well-connected, cold,
unglamorous. -T
Also home of the ECB and the Bundesbank which shows when you try to book
a large event into the big hotels near the hauptbahnhof.
"The why have we not met in this large city which I think is more
appropriate then some of our others choices" aspect of this thrice
annual discussion seems a bit played out.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Geoff Mulligan <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 08/09/2012 09:17 AM, Yoav Nir wrote:
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.
I've found it relatively inexpensive, clean and very easy to get to.
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.
This is why I threw out a "not so random" city name - Frankfurt.
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/
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