Dale, We actually like to have a little fun with it. At the World IAOC Headquarters (WIAOCH) we have a huge world map and a set of darts. After having some drinks to put us in the right mood, we start tossing darts at the wall and rolling specially designed dice where each face has logos and names such as "Hilton," "Starwood," "Hyatt," "Marriott," "Fairmont," and "Low Rent." Our designated driver tries to keep track of it all, and at the end of the meeting we dispatch a randomly selected set of our friends to do "site visits." They are expected to report back to us with useful information such as "the in-room Internet sucked and was expensive," but in reality our selection relies more on the use of game theory and chance (hence the dice). We tried once to pick a location with the longest train ride, but the community didn't seem to like it... We also sometimes write protocol specs, just to keep up with the rest of you. Ole :-) Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj Skype: organdemo On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Worley, Dale R (Dale) wrote: > We are paid well to design protocols because designing protocols that > work well in practice is a tricky art that is best practiced by experts > in the field. > > But negotiating all the arrangements for a complex technical conference > is a straightforward matter of comparing the published room rates of > various hotels and can be successfully accomplished by any literate > person who takes an interest in doing it. > > Now I'm off to do my own dental work. That left molar has been > bothering me... > > Dale > >