Subject: [Mtgvenue] 'Mandatory' and dates

From: Brian E Carpenter <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 03:49:53 +1300

About the "mandatory" discussion we just had:

How about "mandatory until day -N", such that we would relocate or cancel if the criterion fails more than N days before the meeting.

Thus "Venue has enough meeting rooms" would be "mandatory until day 0", such that the venue being destroyed by fire or earthquake would trigger at any time. "Mandatory until day -7" would trigger until one week beforehand but would be ignored after that.

Others might be timed "mandatory until IETF Online Registration opens" or "mandatory until Early Bird registration and payment cut-off", i.e. tied to the existing IETF Important Dates.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter