Brian E Carpenter wrote: ... > > Indeed. The IAOC has to plan locations several years in advance, which > means that they will choose locations for year N+2 that avoid the problems > and satisfy the requirements known in year N. That's the best they can do. > > The main learning from this meeting is surely: make it possible to get > invitation letters 6 months in advance. Why 6 months? If location is known 2 years in advance, why delay the invitation letter at all? While it may not make sense to put the letter together until the hotel is locked down, as soon as that happens there ought to be a tool that the potential attendee can put in their name & IETF### and get back the appropriate version of an invitation letter which includes city & hotel of the meeting. Tony