Michael, >I don't know how much the IETF LLC plans to spend for investigation of new cities, but the previous IAOC spent some significant effort investigating new locations. >So, of course, we'll have to add if we see that we are losing things. >This is not a straight-jacket, but rather, a policy statement that we prefer returning to known-good places. >Some SDOs just keep going back to exactly the same 3-4 places. Period. >IEEE 802 has some set pattern, I think. IEEE 802 does not have a set pattern. It does repeat locations over the short term because of hotel discounts that are obtained for multiple visits to the same venue. The pool of places that IEEE 802 goes to is somewhat smaller than the IETF's pool, but has a similar aim of rotating locations around the globe. For 2020-2021, IEEE 802.11, for example, will be meeting in 11 unique locations over the course of 12 meetings. -Peter
