From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Tue Apr 24 23:00:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dmo6 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dmo6@open-std.org Received: by open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 55BDED67F5; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:00:08 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from dkuug.dk (ptah.dkuug.dk [195.215.30.66]) by open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 783D01AD7C for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:59:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nspiron-2.llnl.gov (nspiron-2.llnl.gov [128.115.41.82]) by dkuug.dk (8.12.10/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l3O9loDV002899 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:48:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from donev1@llnl.gov) Received: from cyrus2.llnl.gov ([128.15.97.105]) by nspiron-2.llnl.gov with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2007 11:22:12 -0700 X-Attachments: X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,443,1170662400"; d="scan'208"; a="25082187:sNHT29748404" From: Aleksandar Donev Organization: LLNL To: WG5 Subject: Re: (j3.2006) 2008 WG5 in Japan? Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:22:28 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200704230053.l3N0rsFM000753@malcolmc.nag-j.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <200704230053.l3N0rsFM000753@malcolmc.nag-j.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200704231122.28665.donev1@llnl.gov> X-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk On Sunday 22 April 2007 17:53, Malcolm Cohen wrote: > WG5 should not be meeting in Las Vegas all the time, or even half the > time. =A0IMHO we should be having 2/3 of the meetings outside the US. I agree that the international meetings should not be held in Las Vegas. Th= e=20 US is far more convenient for me personally (cost, visa issues, etc.), and = a=20 lot of people are from the US, so I would say 2/3 should be in the US and 1= /3=20 abroad. We should try to attract more international (non US or UK) attendee= s=20 to these meetings, and also not so easily reject generous offers from=20 potential hosts. While travel to Japan is expensive, London appears more so= ,=20 and I thus don't see the difference, as long as every attempt is made to ke= ep=20 the meeting costs low (finding more affordable housing etc.). Also the time= =20 of the meeting probably makes the biggest difference by affecting the trave= l=20 costs (August being the worst!). Is it possible to defer the offer until two meetings after London, so we ha= ve=20 one US in-between. That is a lot of advance planning, but it is a compromis= e. Thanks, Aleks