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RE: meeting network
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex () corp nac net>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:44:50 -0400
Years ago, on my own, when I used to attend, I used to call the venue about a month in advance and explain to them what was about to happen. Sort of a warning, per say. I explained, in detail, who NANOG was comprised of (I often would use the term "operators of the internet"). I explained even if they think they have seen this before, they haven't. Some listened. Some didn't. This would be something I would be willing to volunteer my time with - discussions with, and negotiations with, venues. It's all in the approach.
Holding the last 10% of the meeting room payment seems like a good start for any venue. But as others have indicated, the market may be too small for free- market principles to be fully effective. I tried this approach many years ago, for a Blogher conference. The hotel's IT people were uncooperative, and incompetent, and they lied both about their network design and their equipment capabilities. I have since learned that this is par for the course. IMHO the only way to solve this problem is with big $$$ penalties in the contract, big enough that the incompetent IT people realize their jobs are on the line and relinquish control so experts can get access and set-up things properly. Also note - the conference or hotel's IT people will always claim they have "done this before with no problems" even when they haven't. jc
Current thread:
- Re: meeting network, (continued)
- Re: meeting network Jared Mauch (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Randy Carpenter (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Christopher Morrow (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Randy Carpenter (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Owen DeLong (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Richard Barnes (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Matt Ryanczak (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network JC Dill (Oct 10)
- RE: meeting network Menerick, John (Oct 10)
- RE: meeting network Frank Bulk (Oct 10)
- RE: meeting network Alex Rubenstein (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Owen DeLong (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Christopher Morrow (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Joel jaeggli (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Michael K. Smith - Adhost (Oct 11)
- Re: meeting network JC Dill (Oct 11)
- RE: meeting network Frank Bulk (Oct 11)
- Re: meeting network Randy Bush (Oct 11)
- Re: meeting network Jay Ashworth (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Joel jaeggli (Oct 10)
- Re: meeting network Randy Bush (Oct 10)