--On Tuesday, January 05, 2016 14:17 +0000 Tim Chown <tjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >... >> Minneapolis was a place we went to multiple >> times and found successful (for the reasons you give). Then >> we stopped. There has never been an explanation to the >> community as to why we stopped > > It would be interesting to know. It is, or was, a good meeting > venue. > > I'm guessing attendance is lower, and meeting fees matter > more now? I note that "pick locations to maximize meeting fee income" was not on any of the lists of criteria that have been posted in recent weeks by various IAOC and Meetings Committee members. I presume that means it is not an important criterion because, if it were, the criteria that the community is being told about and the criteria that are being used are different... and that, to me, would be a very serious matter. john