The economy was probably at least as big a deterrent as the weather.
That's one deterrent I wold rather not have as a permanent feature :-)
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> At 12:52 22/03/01, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> >This is a rare case where I disagree with Phil. This is a good
> >location. Unfortunately, it wasn't cold enough to discourage the
> >usual gaggle of folks that haven't read the charter or the drafts....
>
> I thought the host folk and hotel did a fine job
> overall. I encourage IETF visiting cold climates during the
> local winter
> and hot steamy climates during local summer. For example,
> next time we do Oslo or Stockholm, maybe we could do so in winter.
>
> I did think that the percentage of attendees who
> seemed genuinely interested and engaged in technical
> discussion during WG meetings was much higher than in San
> Diego. Also, I was able to attend WG meetings that I tried
> to attend in Minneapolis, whereas I got into zero of the WG
> meetings I tried to attend in San Diego.
>
> Ran
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