Dave, > All agreed, but we currently pick locations based on geographic > locality to participants - maybe picking them based on visa > availability for participants might be more useful? > > Dave. > As Yaov says, this really depends on "participants." Malaysia would be a great location for an IETF meeting (cheap, well-connected by air, etc), but Yaov would have some real challenges in getting a visa, it would be possible, but require special procedures. And "visa availability" is sadly a highly dynamic and unpredictable variable. We had one IETF meeting a couple of years ago where 77 [potential] attendees from China asked for invitation letters and only 27 were able to get a visa in time. We have no idea what it was at the time that made this [not] happen, nor can we predict the decision time for US visas. There probably ARE places in the world that would allow "everyone" to attend, but it's not at all clear we would find a suitable venue and even less clear the community would agree on the definition of "suitable". Remember, this is a community who cannot agree on the definition of "approximately" :-) Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher The Internet Protocol Journal Office: +1 415-550-9433 Cell: +1 415-370-4628 docomo: (090) 3337-9311 Orange UK: +44 7805 977889 Web: protocoljournal.org E-mail: olejacobsen@xxxxxx E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: organdemo