+1 On 7/23/12 6:28 AM, "DRAGE, Keith (Keith)" <keith.dr...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
>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
