On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Gene Gaines wrote:
Marshall, excellent statement for the IAOC.
Thank you, but I trust that you and others understand that the
statement represents the consensus view of the IAOC, and was prepared
by the IAOC working together.
The Chair, Bob Hinden, has been unavailable because he is on vacation.
I volunteered to be the Acting Chair,
which is why I am writing this instead of Bob.
Regards
Marshall
May I recommend that the IETF sit down with representatives of the
People's Republic of China and the U.S. government and discuss
concerns with meetings in both countries -- the issue of censorship
in China and arbitrary visa problems in the U.S.
Not to open Internet-related issues, only to establish procedures
and agreements that will permit the IETF to meet in both countries
without having to sacrifice the open character of its meetings and
without having the visa problems that have harmed some individuals
in the past.
It is important to both countries and to the the IETF to normalize
its meeting relationships.
Gene Gaines
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@xxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
The IETF does not and cannot make any warranties relating to the
political views, manners or behavior of attendees. The attendees
are responsible for their own actions, and the IETF has no ability
ensure their conformance to local laws or customers. If attendees
violate the laws or customs of the host country, they may face
consequences -- but they're on their own.
So if the question is whether the IETF should sign any agreement
that takes responsibility for the behavior attendees, I'd say that
this is a bad idea. It's not really an issue of politics -- I'd
say the same thing if the meeting were being held in Palm Beach and
the city requested that the IETF take responsibility for ensuring
that participants conformed to the dress code (no white after labor
day!).
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