> On 18 Dec 2017, at 19:11, Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > Adding to Stephen and Adrian's points, particularly this one: > > On 18.12.17 17:17, Adrian Farrel wrote: > >> 1. The IAD, IAOC, and meetings committee are good people doing their best under tough circumstances with no malign intent. >> > > And it is important for the community to recognize the importance of > treating the secretariat with the respect they have earned. These > people work long hours during our meetings. If for no reason other than > their safety, I would be quite unhappy to learn they had to travel out > of the hotel late at night when they are exhausted. We tend to travel > to relatively safe places, but let's not push our luck. I don’t think anyone’s questioning that, certainly not me. The question is how many rooms are available after those rooms are allocated. Is it the advertised number, or a smaller number? Tim