Very interesting development. This is not the list for discussing this but why limited to only travel ban, many others cannot travel to US (or Chicago) due to visas, or schedule constraints...
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Vijay K.Gurbani < [email protected]> wrote: > > Folks: FYI, if you are impacted by the travel ban ... > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Fwd: Remote hubs for IETF 98: Zurich > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 13:46:48 -0600 > From: Spencer Dawkins at IETF <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: Mirja Kuehlewind <[email protected]> > > Dear TSV-CHAIRS chairs, > > I'm not sure where your working group participants are, on the "worried > about US travel restrictions" scale, but if you have EU folks who are > active in your working groups, you may wish to pass this information about > Google's support for a Zurich remote hub along. > > Folks who may be REALLY worried should probably be participating in the > MANYCOUCHES mailing list, where people are trying to make large-scale > remote IETF participation more effective. The mailing list coordinates are > at https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/manycouches. > > Thanks, and we'll "see" each other in Chicago, whether that's virtually or > In Real Life! > > Spencer > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "IETF Chair" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Mar 2, 2017 15:52 > Subject: Remote hubs for IETF 98: Zurich > To: "IETF Announcement List" <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> > Cc: "Warren Kumari" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, > "Ted Hardie" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, "IETF" < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > This is a follow-up about Google’s offer to host hubs for the IETF > 98 participants who cannot travel to Chicago because of > the recent U.S. travel ban. > > Thank you Ted and Warren, and Google! > > Please see the details below; they are planning to host a hub > in Zurich, Switzerland, for the duration of the meeting. If you > are interested in joining IETF-98 via this hub, you need > to register as described below. > > Jari Arkko, IETF Chair > > --- > > > Hi Jari, Alissa, > > > > Google will be hosting a remote hub in Zürich, Switzerland for > > IETF 98 participants who cannot travel to Chicago because of > > the recent U.S. travel ban. > > > > As it turns out, only one person wanted to meet in any of the > > cities we suggested as near the Chicago time zone, so we have > > reduced down to one remote hub, close to the affected folks. > > Zurich appears to be the best Google office for this, as it is in > the > > Schengen area and is within a short distance of the largest group > > of affected travelers. As noted before, we'll provide network, > > rooms, and snacks > > > > In order to prepare badges, arrange the appropriate number of > > conference rooms, and get meals lined up, we'd like to ask folks > > to pre-register to use the remote hub facilities by March 24th. A > > form for doing so is at: https://goo.gl/forms/tEvn68rk5FvSfAxs1 > <https://goo.gl/forms/tEvn68rk5FvSfAxs1> > > > > If you could share the information with the community, we'd be > > grateful. > > > > thanks, > > > > Ted Hardie > > Warren Kumari > > > _______________________________________________ > alto mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto > -- -- ===================================== | Y. Richard Yang <[email protected]> | | Professor of Computer Science | | http://www.cs.yale.edu/~yry/ | =====================================
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