My only concern is that the ESTA/CBP barriers to entry for IETF participants who have travel issues to the USA remain. We are in effect normalising US foreign policy discrimination against IETF participation F2F I think you made an entirely rational decision financially, but I think the underlying reasons we wound up going to Canada by preference remain. -george On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:38 AM IETF Executive Director <exec-director@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The IETF Administration LLC is pleased to announce that: > > * IETF 112 will be held in Madrid at the Melia Castilla Hotel and Convention Center, 6-12 November 2021. This was the venue originally booked for IETF 108, which was moved online because of the global pandemic [1]. We have chosen to rebook this venue to support the 20 years of significant community effort to bring an IETF meeting to Spain. > > * IETF 117 will be held in San Francisco at the Hilton Union Square, 22-28 July 2023. This was the venue originally booked for IETF 102, which was moved because of concerns about US travel restrictions [2]. We have rebooked this venue as it was either that or pay a significant cancellation fee. > > * IETF 120 will be held in Vancouver at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 20-26 July 2024. This was the venue originally booked for IETF 107, which was moved online because of the global pandemic [3]. We have chosen to rebook this venue to preserve the effort already put into contracting and preparing for this venue. > > In general, as the process of selecting a venue is expensive and time consuming, rebooking previously cancelled venues ensure that those costs are not written off and additional costs are not incurred in selecting new venues. > > Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any comments or questions. > > [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/kzC7M48oKrAwdh9uyOvseeKFW3A/ > [2] https://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/IETF102Changeofvenuedates.pdf > [3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/XenAlx4Nw6Jmg69QpXRUOwbzsXY/ > > -- > Jay Daley > IETF Executive Director > exec-director@xxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > IETF-Announce mailing list > IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
