1) As a U.S. citizen, I apologize for the statement made on this thread
by qdang@xxxxxxxx. I quietly suggest to all that it be ignored.
I am he misspoke -- perhaps the laptop slipped in his lap at IETF73.
2) Again as a U.S. citizen, I will contact the IETF Chair and ISOC management
to volunteer to assist in resolving the issue of IETF meeting attendance.
There is substantially less of a problem here than most realize. The real
issue is certainty -- the IETF needs to obtain clear instructions, obtain the
cooperation of U.S. government officials so that people from any country
can know well in advance AND WITH CERTAINTY the process of applying
for and obtaining authorization for attending an IETF meeting anywhere in
the world.
If this cannot be accomplished, then the IETF should not meet in that
country.
Gene Gaines
Sterling, Virginia USA
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Melinda Shore <mshore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 11/18/08 2:16 PM, "Randy Bush" <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> How would you solve the problem?
> hold the meetings in non-terrorist countries. i.e. not the united states.
I don't know what that means. Canada, for example, is a peacekeeper
nation that requires visas for entry from countries from which there are
many IETF participants (India, China). Is the issue the visa requirement
itself or is it how visas are processed?
Melinda
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