On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:35 AM, John C Klensin wrote: > > > --On Monday, August 08, 2011 09:09 -0700 Joel Jaeggli > <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: > >>> I'm aware of the problem. I'm also aware that we keep holding >>> meetings in the US and that some participants didn't find >>> Canada a whole lot better this time around. And I'm also >>> aware that Israeli passport holders have absolutely no chance >>> of getting visas for some of the locations that have been >>> discussed recently, no matter how much they participate in >>> the IETF or how long in advance they apply. So I'd >>> personally think that issue should be in the "tradeoff" >>> category, rather than the "showstopper" one. >> >> Having worked for a company with it's headquarters in Ramat >> Gan and it's manufacturing in Penang I prefer to not make my >> or someone else's travels more complex than strictly necessary. > > Sounds like a worthwhile goal. Did you have a collection of > places in mind that have the necessary infrastructure for an > IETF meeting, convenient travel connections (however you define > that), a plausible cost structure (ditto).
My employeers have hosted two ietf meetings, QED. > and no visa issues > for anyone who might reasonably choose to participate in the > IETF? We've heard from the community where minimizing our exposure to visa is should be in our list of priorities. I know of no previous location, where I involved in the meeting planning where there were no visa issue. > Ideally, add "good sponsorship opportunities and likely > sponsors" to those qualifications. Unless that yields a list of > at least moderate length, I repeat my comment about tradeoffs. > > john > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
