Please do have AMS and other contractors/employees factored into the decision process. Their ability to decide for themselves is different from others.
Additionally, in the church, they say absolution is a gift and it certainly can be a gift. If some feel pressure to attend out of some obligation, then they will attend, but will be relived if they are told they don't have to do it. In other words, you'll have some attendees willing to go that would rather not.
I don't think I'll be able top travel through the year per my employer unless something changes radically. There will also be budget constraints in the coming year(s) in addition to virus concerns for employers and self-financed individuals.
Best regards,
Kathleen
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:20 PM Michael StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 4/17/2020 5:44 PM, Jay Daley wrote:
Mike
On 18/04/2020, at 9:35 AM, Michael StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jay/Stewart -
A piece of the puzzle may be the availability and cost of medical travel insurance. For grins I just priced the cost of insurance based on having the November IETF either in London or Bangkok and it came out about $60 for either of those destinations. The benefit included things like a $1M coverage of medical evacuations and a $150K non-medical evacuation.
Adding to the list of criteria Jay posted earlier - maybe "Availability of affordable medical insurance with no exclusions for the destination including any related to Covid-19"?That was raised during our internal discussions and we rejected the idea as it is too difficult to assess the cost for people travelling from all of the countries that participants come from. Let me know if you can see a way around that.
Jay
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Hi Jay -
Have you considered reaching out to the IETF's and ISOC's insurance companies to ask them about this? I'd think they'd have a good grasp of rates around the world or know where to get them. Alternately, ask them if they'd be willing to issue medical insurance travel plans for the IETF meeting attendees or can refer to an underwriter who would?
I don't know if any of this is viable, but it may suggest some ways to calm fears for whatever the next in public meeting turns out to be.
Later, Mike
Best regards,
Kathleen
