Re: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Thanx David, I guess I thought I made it clear by saying it was only
available for July plenaries and hence not a candidate for March 2009 at
all, but obviously it wasn't quite that clear. :-)
So NO, it is not an option for March 2009. All University Campus deals
would be the same, July-only.
Thanx, Buzz
Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
Boeing IT
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Bagby [mailto:david.bagby@ieee.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:23 PM
To: Rigsbee, Everett O
Subject: RE: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Buzz, I'm not asking this publicly (Not up for the fight today) - but
I'm
not sure what you meant...
Did you mean "it's worth checking out for some future event" or
Did you mean "it's worth checking out as a march 2009 venue"?
Perhaps I misunderstand, but I'm thinking that this idea does not fit
the
decision window for 3/09?
I.e. by the time the details could be handled the ability to book either
of
the current 3/09 choices would be gone - is that correct?
If so, you may want to point this out to the group - or I suspect you'll
get
some voting on the current motion for "none of the above, I want the
unknown
Twente venue instead for 3/09".
Dave
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Rigsbee,
Everett
O
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:50 PM
To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA); STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Hi Matt, Yes, they have >15,000 students that are all gone during
July so there is plenty of room for us. The trick is to do a meeting
schedule layout with their current classroom settings to find the best
fits.
Last time they provided free meeting space, free AV services and
network,
free copying services, subsidized prices for breaks and lunches, and
they
hosted our social for no charge in the Student Union (with great beers
on
tap). Everyone said it was great fun (like going to a college reunion),
very productive, and it was actually cheaper than a US venue because the
hotel prices were very reasonable and we had a range of different
choices.
Now I can't guarantee it would be as good as that today, but if folks
are
seriously interested, it would certainly
be worth checking out, don'cha think ??? :-)
Thanx, Buzz
Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
Boeing IT
PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
Ph: (425) 373-8960 Fx: (425) 865-7960
Cell: (425) 417-1022
everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
[mailto:matthew.sherman@baesystems.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:27 AM
To: Rigsbee, Everett O; STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Can they handle 1500?
Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
Engineering Fellow
BAE Systems - Network Systems (NS)
Office: +1 973.633.6344
Cell: +1 973.229.9520
email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Rigsbee, Everett O [mailto:everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:17 PM
To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA); STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
FYI- We have a standing invitation with the University of Twente in
Enschede NL to do another hosted Plenary there like we did in July 1996
if
folks would be interested in that. I'm pretty sure there are no packs
of
wild dogs there, but the Enschede Fireworks factory did explode about 12
years ago violently enough to make the International News.
:-)
Thanx, Buzz
Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
Boeing IT
PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
Seattle, WA 98124-2207
Ph: (425) 373-8960 Fx: (425) 865-7960
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
[mailto:matthew.sherman@BAESYSTEMS.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:48 AM
To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Tony,
I am only one voice on the EC, but using a university campus with
everyone
finding their hotel sounds fine with me. The one thing we should do is
pick
a university venue where a group of 1500 or so have gathered before so
that
we have an existence proof to point to.
Mat
Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
Engineering Fellow
BAE Systems - Network Systems (NS)
Office: +1 973.633.6344
Cell: +1 973.229.9520
email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Jeffree [mailto:tony@jeffree.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:09 AM
To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
Cc: wk3c@wk3c.com; STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: RE: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
Mat -
I have indeed tried to take just such an active role in the past - on
that occasion we came up against apathy on the part of the target
hotel & the idea crashed and burned.
Any solutions in the UK are likely to be based around university
campuses as far as I can tell. If that sounds at all interesting I
will see what I can do with the contacts I have. But it would almost
certainly NOT involve accommodation in a single hotel - maybe not
even in a hotel at all (student accommodation for example). In the
days when I was doing ISO SC21 I went to several meetings that were
organized on that basis.
Regards,
Tony
At 14:46 27/11/2007, Sherman, Matthew J. \(US SSA\) wrote:
>Frankly Carl, I'm very close to joining you. I like to jog, and the
>wild dogs really got to me. But I wanted to make the arguments in
favor
>of Rome as forcefully as possible because I didn't feel they had been
>stated on the reflector yet.
>
>To push back just a little bit, you have to ask what constitutes a
>disaster? We have knowingly operated meetings in the red before.
>Hawaii is an example, and by the way I believe we once operated a
>meeting in Vancouver where we wound up $50K in the hole. We found
>creative ways of getting ourselves out of the hole (scheduling more
>meetings in Vancover). I'm not sure what our exposure on this meeting
>will be, but it would be helpful if we quantify it with probabilities.
>What is the probability we wind up $100K in the hole? 200k? 300K?
>etc...
>
>Bottom line is, this stinks! I don't like Rome, but I see no evidence
>that we will have any non-NA meetings ever at the moment. People keep
>saying it's too hard, but they are too inflexible in my opinion.
>
>FYI, I'm contacting the IETF to try and find someone over there who
>organizes their meetings and get a better picture of how the IETF does
>things.
>
>Tony,
>
>You are on the other side of the pond. Is it possible you could take a
>more active role in perhaps locating a venue for IEEE 802 somewhere in
>England?
>
>Frankly I'd prefer non-London. But other large groups must meet in the
>UK from time to time. There must be a way to do this... And we can't
>just say it is more expensive, let's never do business in Europe. Many
>other organizations find ways of making this work. There has to be a
>way to conduct business outside of NA.
>
>Mat
>
>
>
>Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
>Engineering Fellow
>BAE Systems - Network Systems (NS)
>Office: +1 973.633.6344
>Cell: +1 973.229.9520
>email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carl R. Stevenson [mailto:wk3c@wk3c.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 9:33 AM
>To: 'Tony Jeffree'; Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
>Cc: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
>Subject: RE: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
>
>Mat,
>
>I have to agree with Tony on the point that, in essence, we shouldn't
>knowingly walk into a buzzsaw with the idea that we "will learn from
our
>mistakes."
>
>While hopefully we all learn from our mistakes, mistakes should, by
>definiition, be accidental, not something that we knowingly walk into
>knowing that it's going to be a disaster.
>
>We have a fiduciary responsibility to 802 to not blow our reserves
>(which we need for truely unpreventable occurrances, not preventable
>ones, and we need
>to remain mindful that those funds in reserve are really our attendees'
>money held in trust for legitimate 802 expenses).
>
>I think at this point the only truly responsible thing we can do is to
>accept the fact that a viable nNA session for March 2009 has been
blown,
>contract for Vancouver, and redouble our efforts to make SURE that we
>get VIABLE nNA venues in the schedule ASAP (first making sure that the
>2010 and
>2011 nNA slots work, second looking for other opportunities for the
>future
>with a determined eye to success, not the frustration of an intial
>failure).
>
>Regards,
>Carl
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stds-802-sec@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Tony
> > Jeffree
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:26 AM
> > To: Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
> > Cc: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> > Subject: Re: [802SEC] It doesn't have to be either or
> >
> > Mat -
> >
> > Comments interspersed below.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tony
> >
> > At 04:25 27/11/2007, Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA) wrote:
> > >Mike / All,
> > >
> > >I'm still withholding my vote.
> > >
> > >I voted abstain last time because I didn't feel we were given
enough
> > >time to consider the matter. I will come off the fence this
> > time, but
> > >I'm not sure which side yet.
> > >
> > >I currently favor voting against this motion. Rome would be
> > a hardship
> > >(for me as well as the group). Yes, there is financial risk, but
we
> > >have dealt with financial insecurity before, and will face it
again.
> > >This is a new experience, and by definition we have a lot to learn.
> > >But whatever happens we will benefit from the experience and it
will
> > >help us refine our techniques for selecting future Non-NA
> > meeting sites.
> >
> > I think there is a big difference between dealing with financial
> > eventualities that we cannot predict and going into a situation with
> > open eyes that we can see is highly likely to be a financial
> > disaster. IMHO the latter is where we would be going with Rome.
> >
> >
> > >As for the poll, I can't help but feel that IEEE802 was
> > presented with
> > >only half the story. Unfortunately, I could not attend the
> > activities
> > >that developed the poll, but it seemed more focused on the raw
cost,
> > >and presented little rationale as to why the extra financial
> > costs and
> > >risks may be warranted. Here are some rationales in favor
> > of staying
> > >the course with Rome:
> > >
> > >1) We seem to have forgotten the original rationale for doing
non-NA
> > >plenarys to begin with. While we can poll the people who
> > attended the
> > >last 802 in Atlanta, we can't poll any of the people who
> > didn't because
> > >Atlanta was not a convenient location for them to attend. By
> > >definition the poll is biased because it did not include the many
> > >people who might have attended IEEE802 if it were in Europe or
Asia,
> > >but couldn't because it was in Atlanta. In short, we don't
> > know who we
> > >are disenfranchising from the IEEE802 process, and can't
> > unless we take
> > >IEEE802 to other locations and see what happens.
> >
> > That is true - we clearly don't know what we don't know. However,
> > from the survey information, we *can* see who we are likely to be
> > disenfranchising in our existing population of attendees, and it is
> > a significant number of people. That is hard to ignore on the basis
> > that it might be a smaller number of people than the ones we might
> > be disenfranchising but that we don't know about. As I have said, it
> > is a significant enough problem that it will probably mean at least
> > one of my task groups in 802.1 won't be viable at that meeting, and
> > we may have to consider holding a separate meeting for that TG
> > to make progress.
> >
> >
> > >2) In my opinion Vancouver should never have been considered. The
> > >requirements for this meeting (as I recall) were that it should be
> > >non-NA. It's not even clear to me why Vancouver was on the list to
> > >begin with as it did not meet the stated requirements.
> >
> > I think you are way off base here. From all the evidence that has
> > come to light in the discussions of the Rome venue, it is Rome that
> > should never have been considered. It just doesn't meet our needs as
> > a meeting venue. In contrast, Vancouver works just fine.
> >
> > If what you mean is that we should never have been presented with a
> > choice between a (suitable) NA and a (suitable) nNA venue, I would
> > agree; however, fixing that by presenting a completely unsuitable
> > nNA venue as the only choice makes no sense to me.
> >
> >
> > >3) In my mind Vancouver is the 'easy way out'. Yes we would have a
> > >successful session in Vancouver (we've had many before). But I'm
> > >really worried if we bail now, it will just bail again and
> > again in the future.
> > >If I understand correctly, we spent 3 years trying to set up
> > the non-NA
> > >session for 2009, and Rome was the best we can do? The next
> > opportunity
> > >for a non-NA meeting is 2011, and I see no evidence that we
> > will do any
> > >better then. I am worried about establishing a pattern of
> > taking the
> > >easy way out an never going non-NA because it is just too hard. I
> > >really feel if we don't try, we won't learn from our mistakes.
> >
> > I'm sorry - it makes no sense to me to choose a venue that we know
> > ahead of time is highly likely to be a disaster just so that we can
> > "learn from our mistakes". That makes about as much sense as walking
> > into the middle of a busy freeway so you can learn that playing with
> > the traffic is a really bad idea.
> >
> >
> > >4) Other organizations seem to make this work. IETF is the closest
> > >example I can think of. Why is it they can do it, and we can't?
> >
> > Thats a good question, and we need to find out how they do it.
> > However, they clearly haven't succeeded by choosing unsuitable
> > venues. Neither will we.
> >
> >
> > >5) Other IEEE meetings (MILCOM is the most recent one I have
> > attended)
> > >regularly have registration fees over $1000, and yet have 4000
> > >attendees, and charge >$250 per night for rooms in Orlando.
> > Some have
> > >argued that IEEE802 has plenarys 3 times a year, so it's not a fair
> > >comparison. But we are only going non-NA once every two years at
the
> > >moment. If once every two years we have a meeting that
> > costs about the
> > >same as what other IEEE meetings normally cost, (I'm assuming many
of
> > >our attendee will find cheaper hotels for $250/night) then I
> > don't see
> > >this as an issue.
> >
> > Different population. Different industry sector. Different drivers
> > and constraints. I don't see the relevance of the comparison to our
> > situation.
> >
> >
> > >6) A prior poll of IEEE802 seemed to favor Rome. So we sort of
have
> > >conflicting info in front of us. Assumedly price is what turned the
> > >community against Rome, but it's not clear to me the issues were
> > >properly presented. Hotel costs should have been decoupled from
> > >registration fees in the question.
> >
> > There are all sorts of factors that may have affected the results:
> >
> > - Later poll, therefore based on more complete information
(therefore
> > more relevant).
> > - Different voting population. The population that attends plenaries
> > is not the same as the population that attends interims - looking at
> > my attendance records, we get far more people showing up at
plenaries
> > as first time attendees, for example. I would argue that as we were
> > choosing a plenary venue, asking the plenary population is likely to
> > give the more relevant answer.
> > - Shifts both in costs and the exchange rate have made Rome look
even
> > less attractive.
> > - There has been time for attendees to discuss with their management
> > since the interim - maybe if they had been able to do that for the
> > interim poll the answer would have been different.
> > - Etc.
> >
> >
> > >7) While I don't like the venue in Rome, we have been left
> > with no other
> > >Non-NA choices. I still think there are things that can be done to
> > >improve the situation. For instance, we could run a bus
> > service (even
> > >if only twice a day) to / from a central location in Rome.
> > Many people
> > >commute in their daily lives. People drive and take cabs.
> > If the Cab
> > >fare is $50 each way, but it saves you $200 on your room,
> > perhaps that
> > >is worth it.
> >
> > I think Pat already de-bunked this one. Even ignoring the cost of
> > running sufficient coaches, we're talking a major logistical
> > nightmare here - with more than half of our attendees having to find
> > hotels off-site, that means shifting 800+ people from the hotel to
> > central Rome at peak times. That's just not going to happen.
> >
> >
> > >8) Something I don't see being accounted is that not everyone is
> > >spending dollars. If someone is paid in Euros or Yen, will
> > they still
> > >perceive these costs are as out of line as Americans might? If
they
> > >already travel regularly in Europe, they might view the costs
> > >differently. Also the costs presented are speculative. It is
still
> > >possible that the dollar will be stronger by the time we go
> > to Rome, and
> > >the difference in cost might not be so dramatic.
> >
> > Even priced in Euros or Pounds, those prices look too high to me.
> >
> > Yes, anything could happen to the exchange rates - the US economy
> > could suddenly enter another boom, for example. I'm not holding my
> > breath. In the meantime, this place is expensive.
> >
> >
> > >Anyway, I encourage further debate and comment before we
> > conclude this.
> > >I will probably wait another day before casting my vote and see how
> > >others respond to my comments above.
> > >
> > >Mat
> > >
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