Re: [IAOC] [IAB] Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-19 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Sep 18, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 2009-09-19 08:08, Fred Baker wrote: On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: I think it is safe to assume that the government did run some checks on what the IETF is doing The government has been negotiating to bring an

Re: [IAOC] [IAB] Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Ole Jacobsen
John, Since both you and I have attended meetings in China, as recently as 3 weeks ago, I think you will agree that the host --- any host --- has a significant investment in effort, people and funds along with a great deal of pride and determination that the meeting run perfectly. Given all

Re: [IAOC] [IAB] Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Ole Jacobsen o...@cisco.com ONE of the reasons a meeting is being proposed in China is that the IETF now has a significant number (and growing) of Chinese participants A meeting in China makes a certain amount of sense, but there are inevitably going to be side-issues.

Re: [IAOC] [IAB] Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Fred Baker
On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: I think it is safe to assume that the government did run some checks on what the IETF is doing The government has been negotiating to bring an IETF meeting to China since 1997, and has been very carefully vetting the IETF's activities

Re: [IAOC] [IAB] Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 2009-09-19 08:08, Fred Baker wrote: On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: I think it is safe to assume that the government did run some checks on what the IETF is doing The government has been negotiating to bring an IETF meeting to China since 1997, and has been very