Steve Crocker said:
"Are you suggesting the IETF is not mature enough to meet in China?
After watching this thread for a while, I am beginning to be convinced."
The IETF as an organization is mature enough to meet anywhere.
However, IETF participation is open, so that attempting to predict
the behavior of IETF participants is as difficult as predicting
the behavior of anyone on the planet.
In the past (at a Washington DC meeting), IETF participants were
detained after wandering into a restricted area. After their
release, the story warranted little more than a chuckle from
those involved, and had no ramifications for the IETF
or its leadership.
A good test for a potential site is to contemplate the
ramifications were such an incident to be repeated
at the proposed location.
IETF participants are responsible for their own words and actions.
The IETF makes no effort (and has no mechanism) to control their
conformance to local laws or customs, and the host and IETF cannot
assume any associated risks.
Further evidence of the potential behavior exhibited by IETF
participants is available on the appeals page:
http://www.iab.org/appeals/index.html
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