On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Margaret Cullen <margaretw42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
we get to say _this_ to the Singapore government, who wants us to meet there enough that they have offered us $150K in incentives for us to come there:
> “ Singapore laws against same-sex relationships between men and
> preventing the recognition of same-sex marriages could create
> difficulties for same-sex partners and their children
Where was this discussion held? I don't recall it here on the IETF list.
In addition to the obvious impact on future venue selection, which I assume has already been debated (Are we going to have to stop holding IETFs in Asia for a few years? What does that mean for IETF participants who live in Asia? etc.) I would assume there are other local practices such as free speech or unfettered Internet access that the IETF might want to take a stand on. How do we decide which ones those are?
As a community-driven organization, we make most decisions via community process (e.g., we make technical decisions via rough consensus). Should we be working on putting together such a process to make this sort of decision?
It seems bad to make this sort of decision on an ad-hoc, case-by-case basis as appears to be happening here.