In message <502C81D2.3020600@xxxxxxxxx>, joel jaeggli writes: > On 8/15/12 9:49 PM, Alejandro Acosta wrote: > > Hi All, > > In my humble opinion I totally agree with Arturo. So far I do know > > several cities in Latin America and I believe Sao Paulo (Brazil) or > > Cancun (Mexico) might be a good options. Of course there are many more > > good cities, those ware the first two that came to my mind. > > I hope IETF 100 can be done over there. > Notably Sao Paulo gets a train line from GRU in time for the worldcup in > theory, which would be a substantial accessibility improvement. > > Some locations in the southern hemisphere where attendees hail from have > even more painful routing than normal to GRU e.g. syd. The observation > would be that it's a long-haul for all but a handful of attendees. And it would be ~$1000 (AUD) more than Vancouver was from Sydney. SYD -> SCL -> GRU 21:40 GRU -> SLC -> SYD 24:30 > > See you, > > > > Alejandro, > > > > > > > > On 8/15/12, Arturo Servin <aservin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> So "Americas" was actually "North America". > >> > >> Well, it went the possibility to have one in central or south america, > what > >> at shame. At least until IETF 98 in March 2017 no IETF down the south of R > io > >> Grande. > >> > >> May I ask the IAOC, what are the impediments to have one IETF in Latin > >> America? > >> > >> Regards, > >> as > >> > >> On 15 Aug 2012, at 14:04, IETF Administrative Director wrote: > >> > >>> The IAOC is pleased to announce Dallas, TX, USA as the site for IETF 92 > >>> from March 22-27, > >>> 2015. The IETF was last in Dallas for IETF 65 in 2006. IETF 92 will be > >>> at a different venue in > >>> the Dallas Arts District. > >>> > >>> Those who may be interested in hosting or sponsoring this or any future > >>> meeting are invited to > >>> contact Drew Dvorshak at dvorshak@xxxxxxxx. See Host opportunities > >>> below. > >>> > >>> Ray Pelletier > >>> IETF Administrative Director > >>> > >>> IETF Meeting Schedule: > >>> > >>> 2012 > >>> IETF 85 Atlanta 4 - 9 November Host: North American Cable Industry > >>> > >>> 2013 > >>> IETF 86 Orlando 10 - 15 March (Back-to-back with IEEE 802) Comcast & > >>> NBC Universal > >>> IETF 87 Berlin 28 July - 2 Aug Host and Sponsors Sought > >>> IETF 88 Vancouver 3 - 8 November Host Sought > >>> > >>> 2014 - Hosts sought > >>> IETF 89 London > >>> IETF 90 Toronto > >>> IETF 91 Honolulu > >>> > >>> 2015 - Hosts sought > >>> IETF 92 Dallas > >>> IETF 93 Europe > >>> IETF 94 Yokohama WIDE > >> > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@xxxxxxx