Hi, > For me Minneapolis or an equivalent would work every time. People would only go there to work on IETF stuff, travel arrangements and budget would be a template, we would know what to find when we got there, we would not need to qualify the venue, and it would be subject to incremental improvement through tuning. ISOC did a tremendous job in Berlin, for instance, bringing in new people by calling around to local universities. Brilliant idea! That requires co-locating in different places where we can do that outreach. I imagine you were thinking of three or four standard locations. There are a few organizations that regularly meet in Geneva. It's expensive and somewhat hard to get to as well if you're not in Europe. I'll also point out that some of my own favorite IETF meetings were in more smaller locations: Santa Fe, Memphis, Saint Louis. I particularly liked Santa Fe with close proximity to nice restaurants, and amazing surrounds. Berlin was cool that way as well. Taking a day or an evening to enjoy the locale is something I would encourage. I do think it would be cool for the IAOC to commission a longer term study that takes into account meetings, RFC production, and WG engagement. Eliot
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