Glen, Maybe you've missed the fact that the IAOC has a rather excellent contractor that does meeting planning for a living? Maybe you prefer my darts version, oh well :-) Ole J. Jacobsen Editor & Publisher http://cisco.com/ipj Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 06:52, "Glen Zorn" <glenzorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/20/2012 09:29 PM, 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. > > And that's undoubtedly why the IAOC is packed with professional meeting organizers! > >> >> Now I'm off to do my own dental work. That left molar has been >> bothering me... > > Why not go to the IAOC? > >> >> Dale >> >