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On Nov 1, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Bob Hinden wrote:

> An IETF food list sounds right to me.
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
> 
>> I think the document in general should be discussed on a separate mailing 
>> list as it's not meeting specific. And, previous attempts at discussing this 
>> topic on more general mailing lists have not been particularly positive.  
>> 
>> I would agree that sharing information on general information related to 
>> finding food at the meetings on the attendees mailing list might be a good 
>> idea.  However, some of the details may be of no interest to the majority.  
>> For example, there is small (but growing) subset of the IETF population that 
>> needs to eat Gluten-Free. This tends to get into very detailed discussions 
>> (per my document) and these might seem totally trivial and unnecessary for 
>> folks that don't deal with this and while it might seem obvious to some 
>> folks what we can and cannot eat, it's not nearly as simple as it might 
>> appear.  For example, asian food is always risky due to the use of soy sauce 
>> (which contains wheat). And, cross-contamination is a big issue, so the 
>> waitstaff is equally as important in ensuring we get safe food as having a 
>> cook that understands the concept.   So, personally I would prefer to have 
>> those sorts of discussions on the ietf-food list as I'm sure most attendees 
>> have no interest 
 whatsoever in a topic like this.  
>> 
>> Mary. 
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Eric Burger <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Any reason not to use [email protected]?  I do not regularly participate 
>> in the ietf-food list, but I am interested in the results.  For example, I 
>> am not a vegetarian, but I like vegetarian food.  Likewise, I am on a 
>> budget, so knowing where to buy good food outside the venue interests me.
>> 
>> The idea being that while there is a core group for whom food is critically 
>> important, e.g., getting very ill from the wrong food, there is a larger 
>> audience that would be interested in the discussion, too.
>> 
>> On Nov 1, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a separate mailing list setup for the "food" discussion in general:
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
>>> Mary.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Marshall Eubanks 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:34 PM, David Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2011, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Mary;
>>>> 
>>>> Which is the appropriate community mailing list for discussion of this
>>>> draft ? [email protected] ?
>>> 
>>> A more limited traffic alternative might be useful ... my wife is a
>>> Registered Dietician and might be willing to provide feedback and
>>> suggestions, but not if she has to wade through the wide variety of
>>> discussion on the ietf@ietf list. I suspect there may be other experts
>>> who'd feel the same.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ray, Russ - could we set up a mailing list for _general_ meeting related 
>>> discussions ? (Or,
>>> maybe, such already exists.)
>>> 
>>> I think that just diet may be too narrow a focus...
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Marshall
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dave Morris
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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