Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

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On 9/18/09 1:33 PM, Bernard Aboba 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!).

Wearing white after Labor Day, while gauche, does not put a damper on
technical discussions (and their inevitable political ramifications)
within the IETF.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/


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