Denial is a river in Egypt, where the next IETF f2f will be held.
What a total non-sequitur. Bad bot, very bad.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 6:35 PM
> To: Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx>; 'Joseph Touch' <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'IETF Discussion' <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
>
> Yes, remember we have here a big number of restaurants that can handle all
> the IETFers during their stay here plus more tourists, so it is a fair choice so you
> will never think to leave back home :-)
>
> As an Egyptian, it is better to recall the history of the meetings and you will find
> out that none of the meetings held in Egypt before, so why not try as proposed
> and enjoy and let others enjoy, if it will be a bad experience, don't come again.
>
> Khaled Omar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Masinter <masinter@xxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Larry Masinter
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:25 AM
> To: 'Joseph Touch' <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'Khaled Omar'
> <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'IETF Discussion' <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
>
> How pleasant to while away dreaming of distant venues, lovely gluten-free
> dinners in nearby restaurants in Egypt or Aukland or somewhere else new.
>
> Unfortunately, there seems to be nowhere to discuss the contingency that the
> soonest the 1-1-1 cadence can resume is "never". How does the IETF work
> without a plenary meeting? What if you call a meeting and nobody comes?
>
> How can the IETF function in a distributed fashion? What are the difficulties and
> how can they be addressed? What are the problems with _those_ solutions?
>
> This is a bit of "protocol" engineering that no one will do for the IETF. It's
> contingency planning, but the probability of the contingency isn't low.
>
> SHMOO is chartered explicitly to avoid the cadence question.
> So GENDISPATCH? Really?
>
> Larry
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From: Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
To: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Joseph Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: George Michaelson <ggm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
To: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Joseph Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: George Michaelson <ggm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
What a total non-sequitur. Bad bot, very bad.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khaled Omar <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 6:35 PM
> To: Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx>; 'Joseph Touch' <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'IETF Discussion' <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
>
> Yes, remember we have here a big number of restaurants that can handle all
> the IETFers during their stay here plus more tourists, so it is a fair choice so you
> will never think to leave back home :-)
>
> As an Egyptian, it is better to recall the history of the meetings and you will find
> out that none of the meetings held in Egypt before, so why not try as proposed
> and enjoy and let others enjoy, if it will be a bad experience, don't come again.
>
> Khaled Omar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Masinter <masinter@xxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Larry Masinter
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 3:25 AM
> To: 'Joseph Touch' <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'Khaled Omar'
> <eng.khaled.omar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'IETF Discussion' <ietf@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Egypt as the next venue.
>
> How pleasant to while away dreaming of distant venues, lovely gluten-free
> dinners in nearby restaurants in Egypt or Aukland or somewhere else new.
>
> Unfortunately, there seems to be nowhere to discuss the contingency that the
> soonest the 1-1-1 cadence can resume is "never". How does the IETF work
> without a plenary meeting? What if you call a meeting and nobody comes?
>
> How can the IETF function in a distributed fashion? What are the difficulties and
> how can they be addressed? What are the problems with _those_ solutions?
>
> This is a bit of "protocol" engineering that no one will do for the IETF. It's
> contingency planning, but the probability of the contingency isn't low.
>
> SHMOO is chartered explicitly to avoid the cadence question.
> So GENDISPATCH? Really?
>
> Larry
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