--On Sunday, May 26, 2013 15:46 -0400 Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The venues are in Buenos Aires. They meet our requirements > for the meeting space, networking, nearby restaurants and > bars, hotel room rates in the mid $200 dollar range, nearby > alternate hotels at a broad range of prices, nice area in the > city, safe, direct international flights, and accessible visas. Ray, I don't know the venues you are looking at, nor what the site visit showed, nor what has happened in the decade or so since I've attended a meeting in Buenos Aires. But, based on my outdated experience and the frequent rage in the IETF community if their food requirements cannot be met, I'd encourage/caution you to pay very careful attention to the food situation in your considerations. Argentina, especially the capital city, has been one of the reasons I've avoided shifting to a complete vegetarian (or at least non-meat) diet -- I've found there that the alternatives were often either eating large quantities of beef or both starving and insulting one's hosts. The pressures would presumably be less in an IETF context, but, again at least in my experience, John Levine's "steak or pizza" summary for the vast majority of eating places is pretty close to the mark, with meat on most of the pizzas. Note that isn't "don't go", just "watch out for this and be ready for a lot of unpleasant pushback if the issues are perceived of as unmanaged and/or indifferent or discriminatory toward some groups". best, john