RE: URGENT - We Need an Instantaneous Response. (That means DO IT NOW !!!)
I agree with Roger: option 1 or 2 depending on 802.3's decision.
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> From: Roger B. Marks[SMTP:marks@boulder.nist.gov]
> Sent: 29 November 2000 16:51 PM
> To: stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Cc: 802 @F2F Dawn S; 802 @F2F Darcel Moro; Caroline R. Armstrong;
> Kesling, Dawson W
> Subject: Re: URGENT - We Need an Instantaneous Response. (That
> means DO IT NOW !!!)
>
>
> Buzz,
>
> Option #2 is fine with me.
>
> However, I don't feel comfortable choosing between Option #2 and
> Option #1. If 802.3 wants to come to Orlando too, I am happy to
> share. If they prefer Sacramento, that's fine too. I wouldn't want to
> see Option #2 win your poll if 802.3 supports Option #1, or vice
> versa.
>
> Roger
>
>
> At 6:37 AM -0800 00/11/29, Rigsbee, Everett O wrote:
> >Dear SEC: OK here's the pitch for the May Interim. Please response
> ASAP !!!
> >
> >After some rather intensive searching of the Orlando area for a
> >suitable venue (and checking other Eastern locations as well) we've
> >finally come up with something that looks workable, but we need to
> >make an immediate decision as to how we want to go.
> >
> >We have found 2nd option availability at the Hyatt Orlando in
> >Kissimmee, FL (a resort property ~1.5 miles from Walt Disney
> >World). During our week of May 14-19, 2001, they can offer us up to
> >625 of their 922 rooms per night and there's a large Radisson right
> >nearby which could provide any necessary overflow rooms and/or
> >meeting space. The Hyatt Orlando has a good selection of meeting
> >space, all centrally located, and almost all of it is currently
> >available (only a couple of the smaller rooms are currently booked).
> >We believe there is enough space to do all the meetings for an
> >Interim meeting for all of our Working Groups. The group rate they
> >are offering is $119/129 S/D. Their pricings for Food & Beverage,
> >Audio Visual, and Miscellaneous services look to be very competitive
> >for the area. You can check out all the details of the property at
> >their website at:
> > http://www.hyatt.com/usa/kissimmee/hotels/hotel_mcoor.html
> >
> >OK, so what's this 2nd option business all about ??? This means
> >there is another group who has asked Hyatt Orlando to hold space for
> >their function during that same week, but they have not committed to
> >sign a contract yet. How it works is as follows: if we sign a 2nd
> >option contract for the dates we want, the other group is given 72
> >hours to either sign their contract or release the space (and we're
> >in). The probabilities are good that if we act now we WILL get the
> >space. The problem is that we have a nice gentleman from Intel,
> >(Dawson Kesling) who has offered to host an 802.3 Interim meeting at
> >the Hyatt Sacramento, who is holding space there and he is being
> >pressured to sign a contract or risk losing the space. If he loses
> >the space and the other group signs the contract at Hyatt Orlando,
> >then we're back to square zero.
> >
> >So I see 3 possible options for us to choose from:
> >
> >Option #1: We say, "Go for it!" We sign the contract for the full
> >meeting and we'll know in 72 hours whether we have a site or not.
> >We tell Dawson, "Thank you very much for your offer and we'll hope
> >to have you host a meeting in the future." If we strikeout at Hyatt
> >Orlando, we go back and look at several other back-up properties to
> >get the deal we need (we currently have several, but only 1 is in
> >the Orlando area).
> >
> >Option #2: We divide the meeting. We let 802.3 go ahead and do
> >their own thing at the Hyatt Sacramento and we do everybody else at
> >Hyatt Orlando (if we can get in). We can reduce the room block to
> >500, we will certainly have plenty of meeting space, and we won't
> >need to worry about overflow space. OK so it's not a fully
> >co-located 802-Hosted Interim meeting, but we said this was an
> >experiment to see how it works. It probably best to start off with
> >a more manageable-sized group anyway.
> >
> >Option #3: We blow-off the 802-Hosted May Interim meeting
> >completely, every WG does their own thing with their own hosts, and
> >we think about maybe trying this again sometime in the future.
> >
> >I'm going to go out on a limb here and recommend Option #2 for your
> >consideration, since it seems to get us a trial run and we take on
> >the least risk, but the choice really belongs to the WG chairs who
> >have to survive these meetings. I also think we should weight the
> >voting on this by the size of the constituency (as recorded at
> >Tampa) since I'm a believer in 1-man, 1-vote, and we're trying to do
> >what's right for the greatest number of people here (note: this
> >implies the vote for an SEC member with no WG would count 1).
> >
> >Whatever you decide (i.e. Option #1, 2, or 3), you must send me you
> >response TODAY because we risk losing all if we don't decide right
> >away. In the unlikely event of a tie vote, I flip a coin to see who
> >wins. Please decide now !!! Later will be TOO LATE and you'll wind
> >up with Option #3 by default. You may call or send email to Dawn or
> >myself if you have any burning questions but please don't bother
> >with suggesting other Options which we have overlooked/forgotten.
> >What you see is what you get. Tempus Fugit !!!
> >
> >We await your response. :-)
> >
> >Thanx, Buzz
> >Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> >Boeing SSG
> >PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
> >Seattle, WA 98124-2207
> >ph: (425) 865-2443, fx: (425) 865-6721
> >email: everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
> >Thanx, Buzz
> >Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> >Boeing SSG
> >PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
> >Seattle, WA 98124-2207
> >ph: (425) 865-2443, fx: (425) 865-6721
> >email: everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
>