On May 23, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Mark Nottingham <mnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 24/05/2013, at 9:06 AM, Fred Baker (fred) <fred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I took the perspective that on our 40th meeting, we could have 1/40 in a place that we had a few faithful participants that was well out of the way. > > Does this imply that, if we have a meeting in South America, I'll need to wait another 10 years before I fly less than 24 hours to get to an IETF meeting? > > Cheers from Melbourne, That's a question for the IAOC. For the record, when IETF meetings are not in North America, it's a similar duration trip for me. You're not alone. Like Melinda (in Alaska), you're just an extreme case.