| Steve: 
 Yes, to me our venue choices seem to miss the obvious:
 The use of central locations (Hub Airports) such as Chicago, Denver,
 and Dallas. Hub airports provide one hop flight service for most members
 in the US and even many of our international collegues. This saves time
 and money.
 
 Thomas Dineen
 
 Ali Ghiasi wrote:
 
 Steve
  
 Thank you for finding a space for us to meet in September.
 
 I do have few suggestions for future.  In cases where you can't secure
the
 primary destination then your should consider a location where most
people live
 (N. Cal the home of UC Berkeley, Stanford, etc) or a central location
 (like Denver) all with direct flight from every major city.
 
 A central location is very desirable when you have to travel with no
food or water.
 
 Thanks,
 Ali
 
 Steve Carlson wrote:
 
 Colleagues,
    
 The September Interim will be held in Knoxville, TN. We were unable to
find
 a suitable venue in eastern Canada, since it is high season there and
our
 meeting requirements are challenging to many hotels.
 
 Knoxville is the home of the University of Tennessee and is located
near the
 Great Smokey Mountains. IEEE 802.3 will be the meeting host and a
meeting
 fee will be collected on-site.
 
 Hilton Knoxville
 501 West Church Avenue
 Knoxville, Tennessee
 United States 37902-2591
 Tel: +1-865-523-2300  Fax: +1-865-525-6532
 
 Please see  http://www.ieee802.org/3/interims/knoxville_1_0906.html for
 complete meeting information and the link to the hotel's IEEE booking
site.
 
 The room block cut-off is September 1, 2006. Reservations made after
that
 time will be on an as-available basis.
 
 The meeting plan is posted on the Website and was developed by the TF
and SG
 Chairs.  Please contact the appropriate TF or SG Chair if you have
questions
 about a specific group.
 
 Regards,
 
 Steve
 
 Steven B. Carlson
 Executive Secretary, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
 http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/index.html
 President
 High Speed Design, Inc.
 11929 NW Old Quarry Road
 Portland, OR 97229
 503.626.4206
 scarlson@hspdesign.com
 
 
 
 
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