Hi Eric For info, this subject was discussed in detail on this list and admin-discuss in 2021 and is covered by a public LLC policy: https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/IETF_LLC_OFAC_Compliance_Policy_2022-09-26.pdf Jay > On 2 Oct 2024, at 13:43, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) <evyncke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jay, > First of all: thank you for the open discussion. > > We are obliged under US law to check the name of everyone who registers for a meeting with a number of US government databases and > > if one of those names is a match we are then obliged to check the identity of that person to determined if they are the sanctioned individual. > To be honest, reading the above text is rather puzzling [1] to say the least. As written by Adrian, I am even shocked that an EU-based meeting in Dublin must be vetted by the Government of the USA for an international organization such as the IETF/IRTF. Curious to see how it will apply to the IETF-125 meeting... > I understand that: > • The IETF LLC is incorporated in the USA > • Most banks/credit cards will refuse payments from some countries > • None of the IETF participants should probably appear on this sanction list > Having written this, I am unsure how to address this ‘annoying’ [1] process. > Regards > -éric > [1] my English knowledge prevents me to find the right word though -- Jay Daley IETF Executive Director exec-director@xxxxxxxx S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
