Hi Nalini,
At 07:17 25-05-2016, nalini.elkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I suspect Ted feels unsafe and vulnerable (please correct me if I am
wrong) and those of us from Asia (speaking for myself only) feel
that having venues only in Western liberal-ish countries is
unfair. Others, please let me know what you think.
The existing IETF policy is to have continental rotations with one
meeting in the United States of America or Canada, one meeting in
Europe and one meeting in Eastern Asia. The IETF Chair has the
discretion to propose a meeting in a location outside one of those
three regions.
Discussions about meetings are sometimes highly controversial. There
are very few messages on ietf@xxxxxxxx when the IETF holds a meeting
in the United States or Canada. There are relatively more messages
(to ietf@xxxxxxxx) from IETF attendees with United States travel
documents when the IETF Chair proposes having an IETF meeting outside
the United States or Canada. There are lifestyle questions, distance
to travel questions, cost of travel questions, and safety questions.
Is it judicious for the IAOC to take a position against a
country? Is it fair to offer some IETF attendees less privileges?
Regards,
S. Moonesamy