I believe our US government would like to grant visas to as manypeople as they can. However, if anyone wants to attend a meeting inthe US is granted a visa to come here, then I can imagine there willbe 100 million visa applications for the IETF meeting in CA next yearalone. Quoting "Ross Callon" <rcallon@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
I agree that this has been a significant issue, and that it is not > appropriate to have a large number of meetings in a location where a > significant number of potential attendees cannot get a visa to > attend. For this reason I have been an advocate of having a > disproportionate number of the North American meetings in Canada > rather than the USA (to me the Vancouver and Montreal locations have > been just as convenient as nearby US locations, and I assume that > there must also be suitable facilities in Toronto and elsewhere).>> One thing that I wonder about is whether or not this will get better > with the change of administrations in January. Thus I would be > interested in hearing at the next two US IETFs (San Francisco in > March 2009, and Anaheim in March 2010) whether people have had an > easier time than they did at the current or past IETFs.>> Ross>> -----Original Message-----> From: 73attendees-bounces@xxxxxxxx > [mailto:73attendees-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ???> Sent: 18 November 2008 10:15> To: healthyao@xxxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx> Cc: 73attendees@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualified for > 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?>> yes, it's really a problem that IETF meeting organizers should > seriously consider.>>>> 在您的来信中曾经提到:>> From: "YAO" <healthyao@xxxxxxxxx>>> Reply-To:>> To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx>>> Subject: [73attendees] Is USA qualified for 2.3 of> draft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?>> Date:Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:24:41 +0800>>>>>>>> according to IETF Meeting Venue Selection Criteria>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria-04#section-2.3>>>> which said ">>>> 2.3. Freedom of Participation>>>> Meetings should not be held in countries where some attendees could>> be disallowed entry or where freedom of speech is not guaranteed for>> all participants.>> ">>>> My question is :">>>> Is USA qualified for 2.3 of >> draft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria as> IETF Meeting Venue ?">>>> It seems that many IETFer are disallowed to enter USA for ietf >> meeting when ietf> is held in USA this time or other times>> _______________________________________________>> 73attendees mailing list>> 73attendees@xxxxxxxx>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/73attendees>>>>> _______________________________________________> 73attendees mailing list> 73attendees@xxxxxxxx> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/73attendees>
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