The IETF Administration LLC has updated the list of locations (cities) that
have been assessed for their suitability to hold an IETF meeting [1]. This
follows extensive assessment of each city including the solicitation and
analysis of community feedback. This update adds 29 cities to the list of those
assessed as suitable and 2 to those assessed as unsuitable while 8 are still
being assessed.
This update is long overdue, for which we apologise, particularly to those that
took the time to provide feedback and particularly as some of those cities only
now listed as suitable have already been selected for IETF meetings.
The cities that have been added to those assessed as suitable are:
Austin
Athens
Barcelona
Boston
Calgary
Chiba
Denver
Dublin
Edinburgh
Fukuoka
Glasgow
Houston
Kobe
Kyoto
Malta
Nagoya
New Orleans
Niigata
Osaka
Ottawa
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Sapporo
Singapore
Stockholm
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington DC
The cities that have been added to those assessed as unsuitable are:
Nassau, due to concerns about corporate travel approval
Macau, due to concerns about corporate travel approval
The cities that are still being assessed are:
Busan
Helsinki
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Marrakesh
New Delhi
Panama City
Tel Aviv
Please note the following important information on the meeting location
selection process:
* The meeting policy [2] is for an annual rotation between Asia, Europe and
North America (the "1-1-1" policy).
* The final selection of meeting location is based on a complex set of criteria
and so multiple cities are assessed and then multiple cities and venues are
visited in each region before a selection is made. This process generally
takes some years to complete.
* The cities on the list have not yet been chosen to host an IETF meeting, this
is an early stage in a long process.
* Inclusion on the list as a suitable location does not mean that an IETF
meeting will be held in that location, only that it is now a location that we
can explore further.
* We are working on a mechanism for the community to recommend specific cities,
which will involve much more than just nominating a city, and until then we
will not be accepting any recommendations.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have questions or comments
[1] https://ietf.org/how/meetings/admin/meeting-location-input/
[2]
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mtgvenue-meeting-policy/?include_text=1
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Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
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