On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:36:39 +0300 "Romascanu, Dan (Dan)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I do not believe that this is achievable. With the majority of other standards >organizations meetings and industry events building their schedules on a week basis, >avoiding major conflicts in the participants calendars would become an even more >challenging task, close to mission impossible. I do not believe this is true. In fact, if no other body is using weekends, it only increases the chance that IETF can squeeze into schedules, because it can exploit dead time the other meetings cannot. I suspect most attendees do not share this exposure either. But almost ALL non-US resident attendees have borne this non-financial, social cost since the inception of a week-long, working-week model. -George >Dan > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of George Michaelson >> Sent: 02 September, 2004 1:05 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Tim Chown; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Friday @ IETF61? >> >> >> >> I call again for meetings run over the weekend. midweek to midweek. >> >> 1) cheaper hotel rates for attendees. weekends are cheaper. >> >> 2) less congestion in airports for flights. >> >> 3) for Europe and Asia, attendance in the USA becomes a loss >> of two weekends >> (one either side) and for the Americans, NO weekend. This >> would be fairer >> for everyone, and mean we had a cheaper, more productive time. >> >> -George >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> -- George Michaelson | APNIC | See you at APNIC 18 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | PO Box 2131 Milton | Nadi, Fiji Phone: +61 7 3858 3150 | QLD 4064 Australia | 31 Aug -3 Sep 2004 Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 | http://www.apnic.net | www.apnic.net/meetings/18 _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
