Actually Melinda, i did not understand from your first email what it would mean for the example case in point (same sex significant other of an attendee). Alas, it was also still not really clear to me from your reply below. On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 06:26:12PM -0800, Melinda Shore wrote: > On 5/22/16 6:03 PM, l.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >Melinda, > > > >you mean like disadvantaging the families of attendees, who don't > >participate in meetings, rather than disadvantaging the attendees > >who do? > > No, actually, I don't. I really don't like it that IETF > meetings have turned into tourism and junkets, but if > people in opposite-sex relationship can and do bring their > families, it's pretty clear what label the inability of > same-sex partnered participants to do the same would > fall under. > > Melinda