I believe the choice of venue had to do with wanting to meet at the “origins of the Internet (ARPANET)” at UCLA where IMP 1 is on display. Ole > On 17 Sep 2017, at 06:42, Lee Howard <lee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Agreed. > > Three of the 25 awardees were unable to get visas to receive their awards > [1]. Makes me wonder why ISOC chose to hold the event in the U.S. If it > was to call attention to these issues, good. If it was because they didn’t > realize the problems, then I hope they’ve learned a valuable lesson and > will publicize it for others’ benefit. > > > Lee > > [1] "Three of the awardees have not been granted visas to enter the United > States.” https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/09/keeping-door-open/ > > > > > > On 9/17/17, 9:30 AM, "ietf on behalf of Eliot Lear" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx > on behalf of lear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The IAOC made a really good call to change venues from San Francisco >> (not that it makes me happy- I love visiting SF). >> >> Mexican teacher barred from traveling to US to collect Internet Society >> award >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/mexican-teacher-barred-from- >> traveling-to-us-to-collect-internet-society-award >> >> > > Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher The Internet Protocol Journal Office: +1 415-550-9433 Cell: +1 415-370-4628 Web: protocoljournal.org E-mail: olejacobsen@xxxxxx E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: organdemo