On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 11:58, Avri Doria wrote: > I think there needs to be some mention of requirements such as: > > - MUST NOT be held in a country whose visa requirements are so > stringent as to make it impossible or even extremely difficult for > some participant to attend. An important factor worth stressing, IMHO, is the time required to apply for & issue a visitor visa suitable for a short-term visit. If the time required isn't predictable in advance and measureable in small numbers of months, that itself is a barrier to participation. But I might back off on a hair on the phrasing -- "several participants"? Let's be realistic -- we're talking about government bureaucracy here. Is there any country out there which doesn't occasionally "randomly" deny or significantly delay granting a visitor visa? A single incident ought not to preclude us from returning. A pattern of exclusion, on the other hand, would be a matter of concern. - Bill _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf