On 3/6/20 5:40 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:30 PM Alissa Cooper <alissa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> One thing that becomes obvious while serving in the IETF leadership is >> that no-win situations are unavoidable. If you try to make decisions based >> on objective criteria and take your time to gather data, you get >> criticized. If you try to make decisions based on anecdotal evidence or >> take what seems to be the path of least resistance, you get criticized. If >> you follow the advice of one group of participants, you get criticized by a >> different group that disagrees. It can seem like an endless, thankless >> torrent of messages telling you that no matter what you do, it’s wrong and >> it isn’t good enough. >> >> So I’d like to say thank you to everyone on the IESG, Colin, Jay, Greg, >> the team at AMS, and the WG and RG chairs for all they’ve done thus far to >> help manage the IETF 107 meeting planning in light of COVID-19. Your work >> is appreciated. >> >> Alissa >> > > Quite, this is not a decision you should be taking. It is a decision the > government should have taken. Cancelling IETF is not going to have a > significant impact on the spread of COVID, it only makes sense if there is > government leadership and we don't have that. > > China did the math: 2% of 1 billion people is 20 million. If this thing > takes hold, it is going to kill more people than WWII. > > At the moment everyone is focused on Vancouver. But we are almost certain > to see most sporting events including the Olympics cancelled and at least > one of the US political conventions. I would start looking at contingency > plans for the case we are told that 108 and 109 are cancelled by government > order. > > The impact of government travel restrictions is going to be significant. > But that is not going to be the only effect of this crisis. There is going > to be a desperate need for technology that allows people to communicate and > work remotely. And we are the people who are supposed to provide the open, > interoperable solutions. > > Skype, Zoom, WebEx, Keybase, Signal etc. are all fine for collaboration > inside enterprises. But none of them is a replacement for email or the > telephone because none of them can talk to each other. We need a federated, > open solution. And the IETF is the place people are going to be looking to > develop that. > Something like VIPR? https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-jennings-vipr-overview-06.txt -- Marc Petit-Huguenin Email: marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: https://marc.petit-huguenin.org Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug
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