Begin forwarded message: > From: IETF Administrative Director <iad@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: IETF Returning to Berlin for IETF 96 > Date: February 4, 2014 at 1:10:27 PM EST > To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce@xxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > > The IAOC is pleased to announce the IETF will be returning to Berlin for IETF 96, > July 17 - 22, 2016. If you attended IETF 87 in Berlin you were asked in the > meeting survey whether you would like to return to the Berlin InterContinental for > an IETF meeting. 96% of the respondents said Yes! We are happy to oblige! > > We are looking for a Host and some sponsors for this meeting. Contact Drew > Dvorshak, dvorshak at isoc.org, if you have any interest. > > Other News - IETFs 95, 96 & 97 in 2016 > > The IAOC adopted a policy that we would select the IETF meeting venues three years > in advance. So, ordinarily we would have made announcements for the first 2 of the > 3 meetings for 2016 in 2013, but 2013 turned out to be a challenging year for > contracting. The target regions for 2016 were Europe, the Americas, and Asia in that > order, and work began early in the year to identify and qualify venues for those > regions. Typically, arrangements for the third meeting carry over into the first > quarter of the next year. > > There was interest in having an IETF meeting in Latin America. Due diligence > included a site visit there in late February, followed by a Meetings Committee and > IAOC review of the feasibility, and a decision to discuss the possibility with the > community was made by the IAOC. > > The IAOC authorized negotiations in Buenos Aires to began in earnest on 20 June for > IETF 95 in April 2016 after receiving feedback from the community from a survey and > comments on the list. I wish I could tell you that we have a contract. However, > economic uncertainty in the country, among other things, has made it difficult to > close on a deal. But we are still at it, including looking at other options in Buenos > Aires. > > Moving the Americas to April meant we needed to move Europe to July 2016. The > successful meeting in Berlin and the attendees strong desire to return greatly > influenced the decision to return. However, we could not close on a contract with the > hotel until all the VAT administrative work was completed and that didn’t happen > until 19 December. > > As for Asia I expect we will have something to announce at or before IETF 90 in > Toronto. > > Only 26 days until IETF 89 in London! Register here: > <https://www.ietf.org/meeting/89/index.html>. > > See you there! > > Ray Pelletier > IETF Administrative Director > > 2014 > > IETF 89 London Hilton Metropole March 2 - 7 Host: ICANN > IETF 90 Toronto Fairmont Royal York Hotel July 20 - 25 Host: In > Discussions > IETF 91 Honolulu Hilton Hawaiian Village Nov 9 - 14 Host: Cisco > > 2015 > > IETF 92 Dallas March 22 - 27 Host: Your Name Here > IETF 93 Prague July 19 - 24 Host: Your Name Here > IETF 94 Yokohama Nov 1 - 6 Host: WIDE