> On 31 Jan 2017, at 17:48, Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Mani, Mehdi <Mehdi.Mani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> As an european holding a french passport with my origin coming from Iran i >> cannot travel to US with this executive order of Mr Trump even if i work for >> an American company. >> >> So i beleive as well that meeting venues should not be any more in US with >> such à discriminatory law. >> > > I am concerned on the fact that some people are taking this discussion > to anti-America meeting sites, especially as someone living in the US. > I remind people that just a few years ago, all the meetings were being > held in the US. > US is the home ship for IETF. Yes, I sympatize with those having > issues in entering and hope that somehow those restrictions will go > away. Not to mention that wherever we hold meetings, almost half the attendees come from the US. > Actually I propose meeting more often in the US, that will be good for > everybody. I haven’t missed a meeting since Beijing, and in all that time I needed a visa to exactly one country[1]. While I’m sure there are worse offenders, the US is not among the world’s easy countries to enter. I like the US a lot, but there are downsides for a meeting. EU countries are considerably more accessible. Yoav [1] Yes, I realize that things will be different depending on your country of origin.