On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:38 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Either way, city construction on a long-planned project that has > apparently been going on for more than a year is not exactly an > act of G-d. While emergencies are another matter entirely, I > suggest that, if the hotel promises "no construction" and means > "except for city projects and/or things the city makes us do", > they are being disingenuous is not outright deceptive. Maybe they shouldn't promise no acts of State. But like acts of God, they can be hard to predict, thus implicitly not the subjects of promises. A pattern of abuse of the IETF (and others) by a hotel... is a different story. And the story about city construction may not be true (requires investigation). Just write as iron-clad a guarantee as you can into the contract, and let their side walk us back to what we can all consider a reasonable middle. Nico --