Scott, Your comments align very much with others that we have received privately, on the list, or through the survey. All of it is being considered very seriously and you can expect a progress report soon.
As for alternative venues: since most IETF meetings depend on a host, we're not in a position to "finesse" (to use your term) the problem by going to a different location in the same region. (Ignoring the fact that venues in Hong Kong for example are booked many years in advance of any event). Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: o...@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Scott Lawrence wrote: > > Apologies if this point has been made elsewhere in this rather long > thread, but I didn't see it in the parts that I have read.... > > This contract condition creates a denial of service attack on the IETF > itself. > > An individual or small group who either wishes to create a media event > or who wishes to disrupt (for any reason at all) the progress of the > meeting or of some IETF Working Group can do so by taking actions > designed to trigger this clause sufficiently publicly that it is not > ignored. Whether or not such an attempt would succeed, the mere threat > of such an action could itself disrupt the normal IETF processes, and > consume the attention of leadership who should be focusing on allowing > the technical work to proceed. > > I would very much like to acknowledge the contributions of our Chinese > participants, and think that holding meetings in the Peoples Republic > would be a fine thing, but I consider the potential for disruption and > distraction to be too high to be acceptable. > > I like the idea of exploring possible alternative venues such as Hong > Kong that might finesse this problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
