Jari, On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 12:31:20PM -0300, Jari Arkko wrote: > I know that I am personally still in the education phase about the > situation. But I wanted to follow-up with two points from an IETF > perspective. First, the ability of our participants to enter our meetings > without concerns is of crucial importance for us. As I'm unclear whether I'll be free for mtgvenue, I'll make my statement here: The legal environments of the various countries we consider for venues obviously must be a general consideration for our selection criteria. For most considerations, these are "here are thing you do not do - they are not legal". For this particular issue, the consideration is whether the people themselves are the thing that is illegal. While I am unclear on the full legal status of lgbt persons as "illegal people" within the proposed venue, the laws on the books are obviously unfriendly. However, I'll note that even countries that contribute a large number of our participants have laws on their books that may be similarly negative and yet are generally known to not be enforced. This includes the US and India. I am happy to see that this consideration is being given discussion. -- Jeff (one of the impacted parties)