[governance] IGF meeting

[Izumi AIZU]

I just came back from ICANN meeting at Delhi.

IF you want to have a decent quality with inexpensive costs,
perhaps you better forget about *some* cities in develpoing
countries. Many people are not too happy about the venue
and technical conditions at Delhi. At the open mic, I said
something contrary. Sometimes they are the kind of reality
people there are living with. It is the reality of the region.

I am not sure how good or bad Hederabard is, but given
various situations, I trust the host and the secretariat that
they made the "best efforst" if not more.

Sometimes (not always), it gives you a great experience
and exposure to live in less than ideal envitornment, face
some difficulties, and leanr more. It's worth spending some
money.

izumi

2008/2/23, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>:
> Jeanette Hofmann [22/02/08 15:09 +0000]:
>
> > Hi,
>  >
>  > now its official. The IGF meeting will take place in Hyderabad from 3-6
>  > December 2008. The Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC) was
>  > chosen as the venue for the meeting.
>  > The secretariat has visited the venue last week and is very happy with the
>  > choice. The hotel situation seems to be much better in Hyderabad.
>  > jeanette
>
>
> Jesus. We checked that venue out and rejected it about a couple of years
>  ago, for another conference, as -
>
>  1. Fairly far from the main city (and along very crowded roads)
>
>  2. The only large hotel that's at a walkable distance - the novotel - was
>  quoting $225++ rates for the conference (though I could easily see $150
>  type rates for the same hotel online, on the novotel website)
>
>  3. Other hotels are at least half an hour or more away (and as I said,
>  hyderabad traffic can get very very crowded, especially if the "flyovers"
>  (overpasses) they have been building all over the place havent been
>  completed
>
>  4. Other than that, the city is a fun place, great food etc etc.
>
>  Besides the usual issues about direct flights from multiple international
>  destinations. Its much better right now - but the new airport in hyderabad
>  - coming into place in March - is over 70 kilometers from the city, and
>  while the airport is ready, the access road sure as hell isnt. The current
>  joke is that it will take you 3 hours to fly there from Singapore, and 3:30
>  hrs to drive from the airport to the city, unless you take a scheduled
>  copter shuttle service someone's launching there (Deccan Aviation I think)
>
>  Disclaimer - I lived over 12 years in hyderabad, but that was 6 years back,
>  and my last trip to hyderabad was around 5..6 months back (I visit
>  occasionally as my parents live near there)
>
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           Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo
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