Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-02-18 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake lconroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seriously, folks, I try to avoid driving on the wrong side of the road, so is there a problem in walking about in this area of Dallas at this time of year? Most major roads in Dallas are divided and/or have heavy traffic, so I wouldn't be worried about

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-02-03 Thread Tom.Petch
- Original Message - From: Bob Braden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel location I don't understand why this discussion keeps going on and on, much less why it started in the first place. Folks

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-31 Thread Keith Moore
Dave Crocker wrote: when an issue is raised repeatedly, by many different people, it almost always has some degree of inherent legitimacy. that makes it worth attending to. some tactical problems have strategic impact. in this case, decisions which well might serve to make the ietf less

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Ed Juskevicius
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crocker Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:26 PM To: Marshall Eubanks Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel location However, to be constructive, I would like to suggest adding two yes or no questions to the next meeting questionnaire : A.) Do

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
question (i.e. B below): A) Did you attend IETF-65? B) If not, why not? Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crocker Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:26 PM To: Marshall Eubanks Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Gray, Eric
, 2006 1:12 PM -- To: 'Spencer Dawkins'; ietf@ietf.org -- Subject: RE: IETF65 hotel location -- -- Hi, -- -- This conversation of the IETF65 location started with an issue of -- security. -- -- I'd like to get this discussion back on track. -- What are the security requirements for a distributed

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Bob Braden
I don't understand why this discussion keeps going on and on, much less why it started in the first place. Folks, surely we have more important issues of Internet technology to talk about, rather than jaw-boning about a task that we have delegated to a competant organization. That organization

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread John Levine
So, in the context of a location that may be considered isolated, I think it might be useful to consider this an experiment, and judge the reaction of the community after the meeting towards this variable. A reasonable question, but it probably needs to be picked out a little more than that. For

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Dave Crocker
Bob Braden wrote: I don't understand why this discussion keeps going on and on, much less why it started in the first place. perhaps the difficulty is that you do not suffer from the problems being discussed. that is fine for you, but it does not make the problems small or secondary. when

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread Daniel Senie
At 12:25 PM 1/30/2006, John Levine wrote: So, in the context of a location that may be considered isolated, I think it might be useful to consider this an experiment, and judge the reaction of the community after the meeting towards this variable. A reasonable question, but it probably needs to

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-30 Thread JORDI PALET MARTINEZ
Regards, Jordi De: Dave Crocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] OrganizaciĆ³n: Brandenburg InternetWorking Responder a: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:41:08 -0800 Para: Bob Braden [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: ietf@ietf.org ietf@ietf.org Asunto: Re: IETF65 hotel location Bob Braden wrote: I

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-29 Thread lconroy
Marshall, How the heck did you manage to find *anywhere* in the South of England where the nearest pub was over 10 miles away? As a Southerner, I'm amazed. Seriously, folks, I try to avoid driving on the wrong side of the road, so is there a problem in walking about in this area of

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-29 Thread Ole Jacobsen
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Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-29 Thread Brian E Carpenter
... so is there a problem in walking about in this area of Dallas at this time of year? Possibly being arrested for not burning enough petroleum? Seriously, taxis may be necessary once in a while. Also, will the Agenda give longer breaks for Lunch? - it would seem that it will take

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-29 Thread Dave Crocker
However, to be constructive, I would like to suggest adding two yes or no questions to the next meeting questionnaire : A.) Do you feel that the venue chosen for the meeting was too remote, in terms of accessibility of restaurants, bars, your or other hotels, etc. ? B.) (If A is answered

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-28 Thread Marshall Eubanks
This can be argued both ways. (The most productive meeting I think that I ever went to was a physics standardization meeting in a castle in the South of England with nothing of note within 20 miles, and not even a pub within 10 miles. All we could do is work, meet and bond. And raid the

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-28 Thread David B Harrington
, is that considered a man-in-the-middle attack? dbh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spencer Dawkins Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:26 PM To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel location Hi, Mike, If we could morph

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Saturday, January 28, 2006 01:11:38 PM -0500 David B Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This conversation of the IETF65 location started with an issue of security. I'd like to get this discussion back on track. What are the security requirements for a distributed burrito processing

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Pekka, Maybe folks more experienced in the area can shed some light on this. Is it expected that folks rent a car in order not to starve, or..? Drive 500 taxis back and forth? There is food on site of course, but taxis (shared!) seem to be needed for wider choice of restaurants. This

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Pekka Savola
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Brian E Carpenter wrote: This statement, The Wyndham is less than a ten minute walk from the Hilton Anatole. is a bit odd -- at least Maporama prints out the distance as 22.7 kilometers, 16 mins with a car. Did I do something wrong? You must have. Mapquest says 0.3

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Pekka Savola wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Brian E Carpenter wrote: This statement, The Wyndham is less than a ten minute walk from the Hilton Anatole. is a bit odd -- at least Maporama prints out the distance as 22.7 kilometers, 16 mins with a car. Did I do something

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Dave Crocker
Looking at the restaurant map, it seems that the IETF65 hotel/venue is basically in the middle of nowhere. Restaurants are typically 2+ miles away, and my guess is that public transportation or walking aren't options. Periodically, the IETF venue is quite isolated. This makes it

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread John Levine
This statement, The Wyndham is less than a ten minute walk from the Hilton Anatole. is a bit odd -- at least Maporama prints out the distance as 22.7 kilometers, 16 mins with a car. Did I do something wrong? Whassa matter, 23 km is too far to walk? Wimp. Visiting Dallas without a car is

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Savola Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel location On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Pekka Savola wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Brian E Carpenter wrote: This statement, The Wyndham is less than a ten minute walk from the Hilton Anatole. is a bit odd -- at least Maporama prints out

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Dave Crocker
There is a wide selection of cheaper hotels available around the meeting hotel that are all walking distance. The mapping page that the anatole provides seemed to show the closest alternative as about .8 miles, and seemed to require walking down a problematic street. Google seems to show

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread David Kessens
Dave, On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 07:57:08AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: This makes it inconvenient not only for getting to restaurants but also for attendees wanting to stay at cheaper hotels. There is a wide selection of cheaper hotels available around the meeting hotel that are all walking

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread John Levine
Cue ten further emails describing various Google Earth mashups that correlate restaurants with capacity, wait time and geek acceptability If we could morph it into a signup system that distributed people according to restauant capacity and avoided the problem that someone says I hear there's a

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Michael Thomas
John Levine wrote: Cue ten further emails describing various Google Earth mashups that correlate restaurants with capacity, wait time and geek acceptability If we could morph it into a signup system that distributed people according to restauant capacity and avoided the problem that someone

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Hi, Mike, If we could morph it into a signup system that distributed people according to restauant capacity and avoided the problem that someone says I hear there's a burrito place on X street and a herd of 300 IETFers shows up there, since they don't know any other places to go, then you'd

RE: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Robin Uyeshiro
PROTECTED] Cc: Pekka Savola; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: IETF65 hotel location Dave, On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 07:57:08AM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote: This makes it inconvenient not only for getting to restaurants but also for attendees wanting to stay at cheaper hotels. There is a wide selection

Re: IETF65 hotel location

2006-01-27 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Friday, January 27, 2006 02:26:26 PM -0600 Spencer Dawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Mike, If we could morph it into a signup system that distributed people according to restauant capacity and avoided the problem that someone says I hear there's a burrito place on X street and a