Hello,
as I believe in diversity I support Australia or New Zealand meeting
after pandemic is gone. It would be a long travel from Europe (my
continent) but hopefully we do have better online tools for those who
are not able to participate in-person.
We really need more "local" views on topics we are covering and new eyes
to look at them.
Michal
On 24/08/2020 09:53, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Auckland's large new Convention Centre is supposed to be ready before January 2025 (after various delays up to and including the pandemic). Last time Auckland was seriously considered, it would have been a tight squeeze in the old convention centre. We're only a 3.5 hour hop from Sydney or Melbourne, and non-stop from N. America and much of Asia. In any case, it's a long time since the Adelaide meeting, so I think this is a great proposal.
Regards
Brian Carpenter
On 24-Aug-20 17:40, Narelle Clark wrote:
Hi all
The IETF last went to Australia twenty years ago in 2000 for IETF 47 in Adelaide. My understanding was that it nearly scheduled it for 2017 but concern that the almost completed Sydney international convention centre wouldn't be ready on time meant that opportunity lapsed. The IEEE held their Sections Congress there then and it was very successful.
I think it is about time that the IETF looked at another meeting down under in either Australia or New Zealand as we have several committed participants from that region and should be looking to increase the IETF profile here. I have spoken to the LLC about this and they would be very happy to consider a meeting here for 2024 or 2025.
The 1-1-1-* meeting policy set out in RFC 8719 says that I need to write to the community to see if there is support for this proposal before the LLC can take a proper look and so this email is doing that. The LLC tell me that after any discussion about this, the IESG will decide if there is consensus to go ahead and if there is, the LLC will then produce a list of cities in that region and seek community input on those in the normal way, though there is no guarantee that a meeting can be arranged as it depends on venues, contracts and the other criteria in RFC 8718.
I would hope that by then we will be COVID tolerant and meeting in person again. If I am still CEO of the Internet Association/IX Australia we will also seriously consider hosting or assisting in locating a good host.
Best regards
Narelle
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Narelle Clark
