Re: [IAOC] suggestion for the next IETFs

[Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@xxxxxxxx>]

Allison,

On Oct 28, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Allison Mankin <allison.mankin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

​Hosnieh,

I think you have put your finger on something - if the current amount of time is too short for visas to be obtained, then one solution is to provide invitation letters earlier, so there's more lead tmie.

Adding a question for the IAOC - what are options for making invitation letters available further ahead of a meeting?  

We have had a page online where individuals could request a Letter of Invitation

for meetings well in advance of the meeting.  For some reason the link to it 

vanished from a Meetings page, but AMS is working to get it restored.

For an advance LOI one had to meet one of the following criteria:

Author of a -01 or above version Internet Draft

Author of Working Group Internet Draft

Author of an RFC

Attended an IETF meeting since IETF 65

I expect this will be restored this week.

Ray

Best,

Allison

On 26 October 2014 11:50, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hosnieh Rafiee <ietf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > I have a suggestion for IETF meetings in the US and
    > Canada. Unfortunately sometimes a visa processing (to Canada and the
    > US) might take 2 to 3 months.  Since invitation letters are usually
    > necessary components to apply for a visa, sometimes the time for visa
    > processing is not enough for planning for this trip (reservation,
    > buying a ticket, etc.)  Each IETF is usually every 6 months. I do not
    > know whether there is any possibility to change the start of
    > registration date that at least there is minimum 3 complete months
    > before the IETF meeting (also after considering possibility delay in
    > opening registration, etc.)

So, you are saying that you need registration to open earlier so that one can
get the invitation letter earlier, so that the visa process can start
earlier?

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