<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi,<div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">the hotel was quite affordable. meeting in central rome would have<br>cost a fortune. i come for the meetings, not to be a tourist.</blockquote><div><div>I completely agree with Randy. If I wanted to visit the city, I would always come earlier or stay longer. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>By the way, Shane, a bus journey is a good place for a nice chat ;-)</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div> Stefan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div> <div>Stefan WAHL<br>Consultant<br><br>E: stefan.wahl@open7.net<br>T: +491734792259<br><br>Open7 e.Kfm.<br>Lindenallee 27<br>14050 Berlin<br>Germany<br><br>VAT: DE359096348<br><br></div> </div> <div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Am 04.12.2023 um 19:23 schrieb Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><blockquote type="cite">The most recent meeting, near Rome, was in a location that meant you<br>had to either stay in the meeting venue hotel or take a taxi to get to<br>the meeting every day. It was also far away from the actual city, so<br>getting out to visit a restaurant or even just be away from the venue<br>at all took some time. There are a lot of valid complaints about the<br>way the meeting venue was laid out, but my main concern was the choice<br>of venue itself.<br></blockquote><br>the hotel was quite affordable. meeting in central rome would have<br>cost a fortune. i come for the meetings, not to be a tourist.<br><br>i do not mind walking a km to get from hotel to a conference center<br>venue. it is probably good for me.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I realize that there are a lot of reasons why venues were chosen, but<br>I feel like we as the RIPE community have no insight into these.<br></blockquote><br>when i delegate, i try to resist micro-managing. i have way too much<br>work to also do the organisers' job.<br><br>randy<br><br>-- <br><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>