Glen, I am NOT arguing against holding a meeting in Thailand if we find a suitable venue, sponsors, available dates and all that. I was merely pointing out that companies and governments tend to over-react and issue blanket warnings and bans for places with the kind of unrest we are talking about. The APNIC meeting is a classic illustration of the problem: a relatively small (but violent) protest in one part of Bangkok basically ends up turning all of Thailand into a no-go zone for a very long time. Since I have not hear a single word of news from Thailand for a long time (apart from that story about the jailed American author), I assume things are "just fine" there nowadays. Human trafficking nothwithstanding :-) Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj Skype: organdemo On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Glen Zorn wrote: > On 8/10/2011 3:06 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > ... > > > I would NOT want to be in the business of moving an IETF meeting 2 > > months before the event. > > Certainly not, but all hell can break loose with little or no warning > virtually anywhere (see > http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/london_riots.html). > > ... > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf