RE: [802SEC] Ethernet Retrospective for July Plenary <http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg03794>
At 16:31 02/07/2003 -0700, Rigsbee, Everett O wrote:
>Roger, What Rich Seifert fails to note is that San Francisco has been
>highly sought after as an 802 venue for the 20 years I've been doing these
>meetings, but that until the 9/11 debacle it was consistently too
>expensive to ever get selected as a venue ( >>$200/night).
Cheaper than Hawaii, then, Buzz? ;-)
> Parking a rental car in SF costs more than renting the car in the first
> place.
The counter is of course, that with all necessary meeting facilities (i.e.,
great restaurants,...etc) close to hand, having a rental car in SF is
pointless anyway.
Regards,
Tony
>So thanx to the 9/11 travel industry collapse, we finally got to an
>affordable (just barely) deal for two SF meetings.
>
>Thanx, Buzz
>Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:13 PM
>To: stds-802-sec@ieee.org
>Subject: [802SEC] Ethernet Retrospective for July Plenary
><http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg03794>
>
>
>Here is a relevant and entertaining factoid from Rich Seifert's "The
>Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology":
> http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471345865.html
> [Great book, by the way]:
>
>"In February 1980, a meeting was held at the Jack Tar Hotel in San
>Francisco, California, to discuss the development of an industry
>standard for Local Area Networks. That meeting (and many others
>subsequent to it) spawned the creation of IEEE Project 802, one of
>the largest and longest-running activities within the IEEE standards
>organization...
>
> I was at that meeting. The Jack Tar Hotel no longer exists (the
>Cathedral Hill Hotel is now located at the same site), but the IEEE
>802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee does. Interestingly, although much of
>the constituency of the IEEE 802 committee comes from Northern
>California (Silicon Valley), that first meeting was the only time
>that a full IEEE 802 (plenary) session was held anywhere in the San
>Francisco Bay Area. It's much more fun to travel to Maui, Montreal,
>New Orleans, and the like than to stay at home and work."
>
>Roger
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org
> >[mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Paul
> >Nikolich
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 6:25 AM
> > To: IEEE802
> > Subject: [802SEC] Tutorial slot reservation for July Plenary
> >
> > Dear SEC,
> >
> > I wish to reserve the July 22 8PM-9:30PM Tutorial Slot for an
> >"Ethernet Retrospective".
> >
> > It turns out 2003 is the 30th anniversary of Ethernet, and Bob
> >Metcalfe will be in San Francisco the week of the July Plenary
> >Session and would be available to be a speaker at this session.
> >Geoff Thompson has agreed to speak, and Geoff and I will try to get
> >two more Ethernet 'old-timers' to give their perspective as well.
> >
> > More details to come.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --Paul Nikolich
> > Chairman, IEEE 802
Regards,
Tony