Re: [802SEC] Final venue choices for our March 8-13, 2009 Plenary Session for your review
Buzz,
I understand and appreciate your effort on this. It is hard to come
up with a venue that will satisfy everyone. I will check my WG for
input during our interim.
I have a comment and then a couple of questions.
Comment:
I'm personally not enthusiastic about the Rome idea. The reason is
the same one I have mentioned as long as we've had these nNA
discussions. Namely, I don't think that a nNA venue, in a vacuum,
plays a role in establishing our international credibility. We don't
become "international" because we drop into Rome and then pick up and
leave at the end of the week. Other than the visa requirements, we
could have been anywhere.
Sorry this is sounding like a broken record, but I want to repeat
what I've said before. I see this from an 802.16 perspective. IEEE
802.16 has established an broad global following, and our choices of
meetings does have a role in that. We rarely hold a US-based interim
session. But we don't pick a site at random. We do site selection
based on proposals from prospective hosts. This means that we are
going to places because the locals want us there. That is a huge
difference. A host has to develop a proposal and convince someone - a
host company, and often a local government - that it would be a great
idea to bring 802.16 to their community. They spend months planning
the activity, and they often sends locals to advance meetings to
learn the system. They make special efforts to get us introduced into
the community. We make friends. When it's all done, the local
industry community has learned something about 802.16, and we've
learned about something about them. And some of the locals find that
this is an interesting organization, and they keep coming to
meetings. They become members. That builds our global participation.
I understand that an IEEE 802 plenary is more complex than an
interim. But, still, I think that there are local organizations with
the capability and interest in hosting a plenary. I think it makes
sense for IEEE 802 to build a more global following by engaging in
meeting planning with a global community.
I recognize that, when you have heard me say this before, you have
encouraged me to pursue such local hosts. I also accept the fact that
I have not been able to deliver any yet. On the other hand, without a
detailed package to bid on, it's pretty hard for a host to make an
offer. We don't even have a clear idea how the finances would work in
such a case. Maybe we need to spend more time deciding if we want to
go this way and, if we do, putting together a request for bids.
Question:
Is there any possibility that you would consider another alternative
venue if an offer was available? If so, when you would need the
offer? I'm asking because I have a specific potential host in mind,
with a potential venue. When the EC discussed prospective cities in
July, I didn't realize that you were going to be making the decision
this soon.
Roger
On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Rigsbee, Everett O wrote:
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> Colleagues, Please see the attached summary of our final venue
> choices for March 2009. Please share the information with your
> respective Working Groups during your interim sessions and give us
> your
> and/or your WG response on preferences. We need to close on this
> choice
> very shortly now or we will lose the options. We still have an option
> for Geneva for March 2011 that we can pursue.
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> Thanx again for your cooperation and support. :-)
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> Thanx, Buzz
> Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> Boeing IT
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