I couldn't agree with Mary more on these points. I think it's really interesting that one part of the IETF seems to be trying to arrange meetings in "more interesting/attractive locations" (my paraphrasing) while another is trying to figure out how to reduce "IETF tourists"... On 8/11/2014 11:49 AM, Mary Barnes wrote: > > > We are going to a location to get work done (or, at least, that's what > I was led to believe), not hang out on a beach or sit in your hotel > room, sipping Mai Tai's. > > [MB] Right, which is why we *really* should get away from arranging > meetings at resort locations (e.g., Orlando during one of their > busiest weeks of the year). [/MB] > > > We already have enough of a problem with folk > not being able to justify attending meetings because their managers > think that it is a boondoggle that complaint about perhaps, maybe, not > being able to see the sunset from your window doesn't help. > > [MB] Personally, I'm not there for a boondoggle