Let's forget the religious discussion that seems to have broken out as a result of this.
While Easter may be a major Christian festival, I don't believe the issue is such (I can think of no reasons why Christians would have a doctrinal reason other than those that apply to any other Sunday and those obligations could mostly be met at the venue rather than at home). Rather it is Easter the secular public holiday that happens to occur in many countries. This is the set of days when schools take an extended break, parents take said children off on short holidays; cheap air tickets cease to be available; when you get on the plane, it is full of screaming children; local transport all works to a reduced timetable; for those IETFers who end up wishing to travel by train, they find themselves moving to busses to cater for the engineering works which a 4 day weekend seems to encourage. So my advice would be, change the dates if it looks like you are going to hold the meeting in a country that takes such holidays, or where a significant number of people would need to transit through such a country. If so you need to take into account at least both the Friday and Monday in some countries. Keith P.S. Trying to avoid every religious and public holiday is an impossible task. Do what other organizations have done and concentrate on the impact of such holidays on holding the meeting in any location. > -----Original Message----- > From: wgchairs-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:wgchairs-boun...@ietf.org] On > Behalf Of IETF Administrative Director > Sent: 20 July 2012 17:06 > To: IETF Announcement List > Cc: i...@ietf.org; i...@iab.org; ietf@ietf.org; wgcha...@ietf.org > Subject: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change > > The IAOC is seeking community feedback on a proposed date change for IETF > 95 > scheduled for March 2016. > > Currently IETF 95 is scheduled for 27 March to 1 April 2016. 27 March is > Easter. > > The IAOC is proposing IETF 95 be rescheduled for 20 - 25 March 2016 and > would like > feedback on those dates before making a decision. Comments appreciated to > ietf@ietf.org > by 6 August 2012. > > Ray Pelletier > IETF Administrative Director
