On 5/26/16 12:21 PM, Margaret Cullen wrote:
What about the IAOC writing to the IETF list and/or recent attendees when they are considering going to a new country, asking if anyone has any feedback on the idea? And then considering that feedback _before_ making a final decision, signing a contract, etc?
I think that's reasonable. I also think a greater diversity of IAOC and meeting committee members would help, although it's clearly not possible to be comprehensive. But, one of the interesting things that happened as this began to unfold is that a bunch of people responded to the announcement with an immediate "Uh-oh," while the IAOC clearly had had no idea that there was an issue. It was known within the community that there was a problem, and if there had been a way to provide feedback prior to the announcement things may have gone quite differently. So:
It seems to me that if this issue had been raised before the IAOC had made a non-refundable $80K deposit and had negotiated $150K in benefits from the Singapore government, there would have been a lot more latitude for choosing a different location.
Yes. Melinda