Re: ruminating about attendance in Canada

2007-02-28 Thread Martin Hannigan
> > The data shows random based on time of year vs. avg > > temperature vs. attendees. > > Given that the data didn't include any information about average > temperature, I'm not sure that's accurate :-) Oh, sorry! Acquired from NOAA and Environment Canada. It's quite accurate. > Merit's pr

Re: ruminating about attendance in Canada

2007-02-28 Thread Joe Abley
On 28-Feb-2007, at 14:03, Martin Hannigan wrote: As far as raw numbers go, expecting a dip in cold climates is an error. I'm not sure what you mean. Who expects a dip in cold climates? The data shows random based on time of year vs. avg temperature vs. attendees. Given that the data didn'

Re: ruminating about attendance in Canada

2007-02-28 Thread Martin Hannigan
> > > On 26-Feb-2007, at 17:39, Jared Mauch wrote: > [ snip ] > > We expect (empirically) a dip in the winter meetings, which I think > is illustrated by the numbers above (with Toronto and Salt Lake City > as outliers). The theory that is most frequently put forward to > explain the wi

ruminating about attendance in Canada

2007-02-26 Thread Joe Abley
On 26-Feb-2007, at 17:39, Jared Mauch wrote: On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:21:31AM +0900, Randy Bush wrote: I don't know how many people that attended NANOG in Toronto had to go through the "international travel approval" that some of us had to. probably not the canadians. this is NAnog, not