Deja vu all over again (53rd IETF)

2001-05-09 Thread Andrew G. Malis
From http://www.ietf.org/meetings/0mtg-sites.txt: Spring 2002 - 53rd IETF March 17-22, 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Host: TBD Cheers, Andy

Re: Deja vu all over again (53rd IETF)

2001-05-09 Thread Matt Crawford
From http://www.ietf.org/meetings/0mtg-sites.txt: Spring 2002 - 53rd IETF March 17-22, 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Host: TBD We could have wished for nicer weather, but everything else went pretty well there.

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-30 Thread Matt Holdrege
At 07:18 AM 3/29/2001, Randy Bush wrote: when will you be hosting? I've done it 1.5 times myself. How about you? 2002, i believe. working on it now. Good for you. I should mention that the one I hosted was a heck of a lot of work. One of the results was that I now have a awful lot of

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Melinda Shore
Kuala Lumpur which we just used for APRICOT 2001. Five-star hotel, the Pan Pacific $63 per night. Pay $93 and you're on the Executive floor with free breakfast, etc. The hotel is next to a convention center. Food was very inexpensive, with the exception of alcohol (Muslim country so you'd

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
At 11:20 28/03/2001 -0500, Melinda Shore wrote: The cost thing is, I think, misleading. Having had the experience of having to go to many ETSI meetings, I've found that apart from a few incredibly expensive cities it's generally cheaper to go to Europe than it is to travel in the US. strangely,

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Matt Crawford
Let's see, the price is right, the convention center has plenty of room, there are loads of hotel rooms nearby. Hmm. Sounds great! OK, I'll bite: Kuala Lumpur which we just used for APRICOT 2001. Five-star hotel, the Pan Pacific $63 per night. Let's see, with the higher airfare and

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Matt Holdrege
At 07:32 PM 3/28/2001, Randy Bush wrote: So Ole, Cisco will be hosting an IETF there when? i think they co-hosted with qualcomm in san diego justthe other month. when will you be hosting? I've done it 1.5 times myself. How about you? P.S., it was a joke Randy.

RE: Meeting logistics cost, convenience and risk and RE Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Fleischman, Eric W
I have been reading these many excellent points for eleven days now. However, I note that similar discussions occur after most IETFs. My own preference is that these conversations not occur, since their (almost predictable) recurrence suggests that this is more "venting" than "problem

RE: Meeting logistics cost, convenience and risk and RE Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread aaron
Eric- I therefore suggest that we either discontinue these many threads or else we establish something like POISED to actually do something to scratch these nagging itches. Not a bad idea on the face of it. However, I believe that the hosts play a large role in determining where we

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-29 Thread Randy Bush
when will you be hosting? I've done it 1.5 times myself. How about you? 2002, i believe. working on it now. randy

RE: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread graham . travers
a direct flight to Minneapolis from outside the USA ? or San Diego ? It's not easy. Regards, Graham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deja Vu [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
? It's not easy. Regards, Graham -Original Message- From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deja Vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Day) wrote on 20.03.01 in v04220801b6dd4a484c1a

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Randy Bush
As long as about 2/3 of the IETF attendees are from North America, 2/3 of the meetings should be in North America. similar logic might apply to havana. or, as long as 2/3 of the meetings are held in north america, 2/3 of the attendees will be from north america. randy

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
From: Randy Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:26:15 -0500 As long as about 2/3 of the IETF attendees are from

RE: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread John C Klensin
--On Wednesday, 28 March, 2001 11:41 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so when are we going to move from having 2 meetings per year in the USA ? How about 1 per year in North / South America, 1 per year in Asia / Australasia and 1 per year in Europe / Africa ? Graham, Subject to

RE: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Ben Hale
To: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deja Vu As long as about 2/3 of the IETF attendees are from North America, 2/3 of the meetings should be in North America. similar logic might apply to havana. or, as long as 2/3 of the meetings are held in north america, 2/3

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Keith Moore
IETF meetings are held because they are beneficial to accomplishing the work of the IETF, not to promoate some sort of internationalism. Hmm. I thought the Internet was for everyone. Keith

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Keith Moore
I reject this and believe the IETF should continue to optimize for the accomplishment of its goals of good Internet Engineering rather than political correctness. of course. but part of good Internet Engineering is developing protocols that meet the diverse needs of the entire Internet

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Brian E Carpenter
h 24, 2001 12:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deja Vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Day) wrote on 20.03.01 in v04220801b6dd4a484c1a@[208.192.102.20]: sorry, but this is a US centric comment. IETF is international, so centrally located is an interesting question: center of

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread leo vegoda
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:30:50AM -0500, in message 2224339706.985771850@P2, John C Klensin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Re: RE: Deja Vu [...] on working-engineer attendance. To by cynical about it, one of the attractions of Minneapolis in February or March, or (to pick on a place we

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Melinda Shore
with air fares as illogical as they are, it isn't even a cost issue. The cost thing is, I think, misleading. Having had the experience of having to go to many ETSI meetings, I've found that apart from a few incredibly expensive cities it's generally cheaper to go to Europe than it is to

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Donald E. Eastlake 3rd
I don't think internationalization of the Internet == internationalization of IETF meetings. Sorry if I wasn't clear. Donald From: Keith Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-URI: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~moore/ To: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28.03.01 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2. Have you tried getting a direct flight to Minneapolis from outside the USA ? or San Diego ? It's not easy. My trusty timetable lookup offers "Napoli" when I ask for "Minneapolis". Though it might not cover flights, I've never

IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
London is well known to be one of the most expensive cities in the world for hotel accommodation. It would be a bad thing if clue was excluded because of the total cost of a meeting being very high. But hopefully IETF attendies are of the mindset that can forgo the ensuite hotel room for BB

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Grenville Armitage
Supposedly we have a preference for developing ideas and consensus on mailing lists. Many people have actually achieved things in the IETF by being active on the mailing lists without going to each and every IETF meeting. Perhaps this argues in favor of moving an additional IETF meeting out of

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread grenville armitage
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: [..] But hopefully IETF attendies are of the mindset that can forgo the ensuite hotel room for BB accomodation or the like. In my experience IETF attendees care little about the room itself, only that it is within short(ish) walking distance of the meetings

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread Eliot Lear
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: For travel planning purposes it's important to me that the location of the London meeting be announced as early as possible. I doubt very much I'll be staying in the conference hotel (or anywhere near it), which means I need to book alternate accomodation as early

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread John Stracke
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: But hopefully IETF attendies are of the mindset that can forgo the ensuite hotel room for BB accomodation or the like. [...] For travel planning purposes it's important to me that the location of the London meeting be announced as early as possible. I doubt very

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread John Stracke
leo vegoda wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:30:50AM -0500, in message 2224339706.985771850@P2, John C Klensin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Re: RE: Deja Vu there to meet in a nice place where many of the attendees would come and not participate. While it would presumably be convenient

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
But, if you're not going to be staying in the conference hotel, you have more options, and you can book without knowing precisely where the conference hotel is. But to do that sanely I want to be within walking distance of a tube station that's on a direct line to the conference venue, thus

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread Jasen G. Strutt
March 28, 2001 2:24 PM Subject: Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu) Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: [..] But hopefully IETF attendies are of the mindset that can forgo the ensuite hotel room for BB accomodation or the like. In my experience IETF attendees care little about the room itself, on

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Kurt D. Zeilenga
At 03:25 PM 3/28/01 -0500, John Stracke wrote: Actually, I see what John means; for many Americans, London is pretty much an ideal foreign vacation. My wife thinks so... but she is really looking forward to Japan. But she has no plans on becoming being an IETF "tourist". :-) Kurt

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Baree Sunnyasi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:44 PM Subject: Re: Deja Vu with air fares as illogical as they are, it isn't even a cost issue. The cost thing is, I think, misleading. Having had the experience of having to go to many ETSI meetings, I've

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Kurt D. Zeilenga
At 10:26 PM 3/28/01 +0400, Baree Sunnyasi wrote: Could we have an idea of how much did a participant spend in Minneapolis ? Less the $1000 (excluding transportation and registration). 2/3 of that is hotel (6 nights).

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Matt Holdrege
. Baree -Original Message- From: Melinda Shore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:44 PM Subject: Re: Deja Vu with air fares as illogical as they are, it isn't even a cost issue. The cost thing is, I think, misleading. Having

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Ole J. Jacobsen
OK, I'll bite: Kuala Lumpur which we just used for APRICOT 2001. Five-star hotel, the Pan Pacific $63 per night. Pay $93 and you're on the Executive floor with free breakfast, etc. The hotel is next to a convention center. Food was very inexpensive, with the exception of alcohol (Muslim country

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Matt Holdrege
Let's see, the price is right, the convention center has plenty of room, there are loads of hotel rooms nearby. Hmm. Sounds great! So Ole, Cisco will be hosting an IETF there when? At 05:41 PM 3/28/2001, Ole J. Jacobsen wrote: OK, I'll bite: Kuala Lumpur which we just used for APRICOT 2001.

Re: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu)

2001-03-28 Thread Timothy J. Salo
From: Lyndon Nerenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IETF Travel Woes (was Deja Vu) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:30:30 -0700 [...] (BTW, if you want to reproduce the Minneapolis-in-winter experience in Europe, I highly recommend Brighton in February.) [...] Just for the record

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Ole J. Jacobsen
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Matt Holdrege wrote: Let's see, the price is right, the convention center has plenty of room, there are loads of hotel rooms nearby. Hmm. Sounds great! So Ole, Cisco will be hosting an IETF there when? That depends entirely on what is meant by "hosting." Events

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-28 Thread Dave Crocker
Just to gild this particularly lily, Breakfast came with the straight room fee and did not require the upgrade. The 'budget' limo cost MYR66, which is roughly US$17. The budget cars are plain and a bit run down, compared with the fancier limos. Airfare to KL is notably cheaper than to

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-24 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Day) wrote on 20.03.01 in v04220801b6dd4a484c1a@[208.192.102.20]: sorry, but this is a US centric comment. IETF is international, so centrally located is an interesting question: center of the earth (probably enough hot...;-))). I'm not so sure. From what I hear

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread William Allen Simpson
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 It seems pretty warm to me, and I'm walking down 6 blocks to the cheaper hotel. The real

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread Marc Blanchet
At/ 12:52 2001-03-22 -0500, William Allen Simpson you wrote/vous criviez: 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 It seems pretty warm

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread itojun
The real problem has been DHCP (again). use ipv6 ;-))) i'm running IPv6-only laptop and having no problem at all. there were issues with wireless basestations during the early part of the week, but with help from John Richey "the wireless guy" of Lucent, it works

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread Paul Hoffman / IMC
At 12:52 PM -0500 3/22/01, William Allen Simpson wrote: None of the Mac folks I've talked to have had any success with the wireless DHCP. We have to hand configure. You must run in a different circle of IETF Mac users. None of the many that I know (including me) had any problem. --Paul

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote: At 12:52 PM -0500 3/22/01, William Allen Simpson wrote: None of the Mac folks I've talked to have had any success with the wireless DHCP. We have to hand configure. You to set the ssid for the network you're on, it's not broadcast on this

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-22 Thread Scott Bradner
None of the Mac folks I've talked to have had any success with the wireless DHCP. We have to hand configure. I had no problems with the DHCP on my Mac - often getting an address long before many of the non-macs around me got addresses Scott

Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Phil Karn
Well, here I am at the Minneapolis IETF. And I'm overwhelmed by a sense of deja vu. Having to stay at the Marquette hotel 3+ blocks away because, living on the west coast, I'm at least 50 milli-light-seconds farther away than most of the people contending for the token number of on-site hotel

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread John Day
The electronic outdoor temperature sign in the skyway reading "39". The units aren't mentioned. Kelvins? Wow!!! It must be Spring in Minneapolis. I hadn't realized it would be so warm. Nice that it worked out that way. The stockbroker's electronic sign showing the Dow trying to break

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
Even with Spring in MN, this is probably still a good idea. Or New Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. Central to population is probably somewhere in Asia. Do I need to write an informational RFC documenting how the USA is not the centre of the universe, let alone the

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Marc Blanchet
At/ 11:14 2001-03-20 -0500, John Day you wrote/vous criviez: The electronic outdoor temperature sign in the skyway reading "39". The units aren't mentioned. Kelvins? Wow!!! It must be Spring in Minneapolis. I hadn't realized it would be so warm. Nice that it worked out that way. The

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE-NCC)
Can we please agree that there is no perfect place to hold the IETF and stop this discussion? Henk On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Marc Blanchet wrote: At/À 11:14 2001-03-20 -0500, John Day you wrote/vous écriviez: The electronic outdoor temperature sign in the skyway reading "39". The units

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Danny Iacovou
Phil Karn writes: The countless eateries in said skyway that (even when the skyway is open) always seem to be closed whenever you're looking for food. I think the best place to eat in Mpls is at Kypros Restaurant, 14th and Nicollet...right by the convention center. It is Greek/Cypriot

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Grenville Armitage
John Day wrote: [..] Or New Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. Or for equally painful travel for almost everyone, yet still well IP connected, can't beat Australia :) cheers, gja

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Robert G. Ferrell
Even with Spring in MN, this is probably still a good idea. Or New Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. How about San Antonio? We're a pretty serious convention city, and I'd actually be able to attend a meeting for once. Plus, we have no winter to speak of (although summer

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Edward Lewis
At 10:10 AM -0500 3/20/01, Phil Karn wrote: The stockbroker's electronic sign showing the Dow trying to break 10,000. What's really ironic in your mentioning this (in a deju vu thread) is that the Dow first hit and closed above 10,000 when we were here in 1999. I remember watching for it on

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Michael Richardson
"Phil" == Phil Karn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Phil Having to stay at the Marquette hotel 3+ blocks away because, Phil living on the west coast, I'm at least 50 milli-light-seconds I'm one of the lucky... One thing that people might consider is going more than one to a room.

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Christopher Ambler
From: "Grenville Armitage" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or for equally painful travel for almost everyone, yet still well IP connected, can't beat Australia :) Please, no, not again. The ICANN meeting in Melbourne was more than enough. I second the Las Vegas idea :-) Christopher

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread John Day
sorry, but this is a US centric comment. IETF is international, so centrally located is an interesting question: center of the earth (probably enough hot...;-))). I'm not so sure. From what I hear from the EU and Pacific Rim countries, the Internet is a US plot intended at further imposing

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Leslie Daigle
Lloyd Wood wrote: Don't call it that. It's officially the area known as 'sub-polar'. Lots of drafts if you leave the door open just a fraction too - they get everywhere. Certainly observed to be a feature of MPLS. (122 of them in the current draft repository...) Leslie. --

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Patrik Fältström
At 11.14 -0500 01-03-20, John Day wrote: Even with Spring in MN, this is probably still a good idea. Or New Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. Centrally of what? Patrik -- Stockholm

RE: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread James Binder
PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 11:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deja Vu From: "Grenville Armitage" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or for equally painful travel for almost everyone, yet still well IP connected, can't beat Australia :) Please, no, not again. The ICANN meeting in

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Ari Huttunen
You are absolutely right, and that's why we should continue this discussion! I'm somewhat bored that I mostly only get to make trips to the US. Most cities look pretty much the same, etc. I'd rather have meetings in a changing continent principle, like I've never been Africa or Asia or Southern

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Joel Jaeggli
kinda dark... but they already have multicast. joelja On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Bill Manning wrote: Lule' in January anyone? -- -- Joel Jaeggli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Academic User Services

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Bill Manning
% % At 11.14 -0500 01-03-20, John Day wrote: % Even with Spring in MN, this is probably still a good idea. Or New % Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. % % Centrally of what? % %Patrik -- Stockholm % Lule' in January anyone? -- --bill

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Joel Jaeggli
This discussion seems to get rehashed in one form or another everytime we have a meeting it seems... due consideration when hosting the meeting in the US (or anywhere else) involves placing it in a location with major international air-routes to the pacific rim and europe (and the US if

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Johnny Eriksson
Bill Manning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lule' in January anyone? Jukkasjrvi. The Ice Hotel. I guess that we can have hotel rooms made on order... --bill --Johnny

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Patrik Fältström
At 12.50 -0800 01-03-20, Bill Manning wrote: % % At 11.14 -0500 01-03-20, John Day wrote: % Even with Spring in MN, this is probably still a good idea. Or New % Orleans, at least it is warm and centrally located. % % Centrally of what? % %Patrik -- Stockholm % Lule' in January anyone? FYI:

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Phil Karn
What's really ironic in your mentioning this (in a deju vu thread) is that the Dow first hit and closed above 10,000 when we were here in 1999. I remember watching for it on (probably) the same sign. Gee, you noticed this too, huh? As for the "US-centric" accusations, I have no problem with

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Mikael Degermark
Guys, I've lived in Lule a substantial part of my life. Moved to Tucson, AZ after a winter with -43 C (about -47 F). I fear we would lose a large fraction of the IETF crowd if we did Lule in January. Seems like the wrong kind of darwinian selection to apply! Micke D At 11:11 PM 3/20/01

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread a . saha
[ From: Joel Jaeggli [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: 12:54 (-0800), Mar 20, 2001 ] This discussion seems to get rehashed in one form or another everytime we have a meeting it seems... due consideration when hosting the meeting in the US (or anywhere else) involves

Re: Deja Vu

2001-03-20 Thread Matt Holdrege
At 03:14 PM 3/20/2001, Phil Karn wrote: What's really ironic in your mentioning this (in a deju vu thread) is that the Dow first hit and closed above 10,000 when we were here in 1999. I remember watching for it on (probably) the same sign. Gee, you noticed this too, huh? As for the