protocols that don't meet the need...

A thought I had on the plane last night about the disconnect between the NANOG and IETF community which leaves protocol development to run open-loop. Rather than sit back and complain about the results, why not try to synchronize meeting times. Not necessarily hotels, but within a reasonable distance of each other so the issue about ROI for the trip can be mitigated. This will mean that people who regularly attend both will have overlap issues, but if one meeting every year or two is joint there is an opportunity for those who can't justify the extra trips to at least have some feedback to try and close the loop on protocol design. Tony