Re: IETF 78 Annoucement

["Tom.Petch" <sisyphus at dial.pipex.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ole Jacobsen" <ole at cisco.com>
To: "Iljitsch van Beijnum" <iljitsch at muada.com>
Cc: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald at alvestrand.no>; "IETF Discussion"
<ietf at ietf.org>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: IETF 78 Annoucement

> I don't know why you think moving the meeting to June will make more
> facilities available in Europe. July-August is the traditional
> vacation season and hence "off season" for conferences.

Precisely, and if facilities include travel, which for me as a potential
participant they do, then yes, more is available.

When last I used Schipol, it was for a July meeting and, for a one hop
flight to another European country, I was told to check in three hours
beforehand.  This was before the security scares, when a one hour check-in would
be lengthy.  When I asked why so long, I was told never to use Schipol at a
weekend in July; holiday season, always a nightmare.  And it was; the check-in
queue is etched in my brain still.

So May, delightful, June, pleasant, July, nightmare.  I wonder if that is why
RIPE meet in May.

Tom Petch

>
The extreme
> example might be IETF in Paris which one could argue suffered slightly
> from the fact that Paris was basically "closed for vacation" at that
> time, but I am sure it made it easier to get the convention center
> and hotel and probably cheaper too. And the "closed" condition didn't
> seem to cause anyone to starve etc.
>
> Ole
>
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