Dave CROCKER wrote: > I believe that the IETF has not previously challenged a venue on the > basis of political or social concerns. We've sometimes challenged it > for matters of logistics and cost, but not social policy. On the one hand I agree with you that determining where the IETF should or should not meet on the basis of the "social policy" in the host country/state/region/etc. is a very dangerous, and slippery slope. On the other hand the question of whether the number of people who would not attend the meeting because of concerns such as social policy, censorship, unfortunate contractual terms, prevalence of smoking, etc. would prevent the meeting from being successful IS a logistical concern. Of course, keeping those two issues separate is a Solomonic task. Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf