Except of course that many of the "US Sponsors" are in fact global companies anyway. Think about the list of recent and future sponsors. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Keith Moore wrote: > > So you mean you think is reasonable and fair going for the cheapest even if > > every time more and more people can't attend because a government decides > > not to grant visas ? > > you're conflating two problems - cost and immigration laws. > > having fewer meetings in the US is a reasonable response to US > immigration law. asking US sponsors to pay for the additional cost of > holding those meetings outside of the US is not reasonable. > > Keith > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf