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

2009-09-18 Thread Tim Bray
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Henk Uijterwaal h...@ripe.net wrote: I think it is safe to assume that the government did run some checks on what the IETF is doing and, if we did keep ourselves busy with things they do not like, then I seriously doubt that they would have given the host

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:12:59 -0500 Matt Crawford craw...@fnal.gov wrote: On Sep 18, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: We are therefore asking for input from the community by two means - by commenting on the IETF discussion list, ... I'm trying to imagine the thought police

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Alissa Cooper
On Sep 18, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: Should the contents of the Group's activities, visual or audio presentations at the conference,or printed materials used at the conference (which are within the control of the Client) contain any defamation against the Government of

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Gene Gaines
Marshall, excellent statement for the IAOC. May I recommend that the IETF sit down with representatives of the People's Republic of China and the U.S. government and discuss concerns with meetings in both countries -- the issue of censorship in China and arbitrary visa problems in the U.S. Not to

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Gene Gaines wrote: Marshall, excellent statement for the IAOC. Thank you, but I trust that you and others understand that the statement represents the consensus view of the IAOC, and was prepared by the IAOC working together. The Chair, Bob Hinden, has been

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: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/18/09 1:33 PM, Bernard Aboba wrote: The IETF does not and cannot make any warranties relating to the political views, manners or behavior of attendees. The attendees are responsible for their own actions, and the IETF has no ability ensure

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

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

2009-09-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Paul Wouters p...@xelerance.com Perhaps appropriate people could inform about organisational matters with others who have more experience, for example the IOC. Umm, you're not being ironic here, are you? I'm wondering, because as I assume you are aware, a number of promises

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

2009-09-18 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, September 18, 2009 21:29 +0200 Henk Uijterwaal h...@ripe.net wrote: John, (and others), The difficulty is that, from things I've heard informally, the proposed Host (Client) isn't the government or a government body. The (possible) host is not a government body. However,

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 18 Sep 2009, at 16:42, Marshall Eubanks t...@americafree.tv wrote: Greetings; We have received numerous suggestions and requests for an IETF meeting in China I'd have no problem with such a meeting if, and only if, there would be a normal meeting network with normal Internet access. I

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, September 18, 2009 15:46 -0400 Steven M. Bellovin s...@cs.columbia.edu wrote: ... Speaking of Danvers -- what is the situation -- theory and practice -- regarding encrypted transmissions to/from such a meeting? I think that a high percentage of IETF attendees are using various

RE: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Ole Jacobsen
Technically, the IETF (or ISOC or IAOC) will not be signing the agreement, the host in China will, but that's in some sense a fairly minor detail. We would still be expected to play by the rules. I don't think anyone is expecting us to warrant the views or behaviors of our attendees, so

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

2009-09-18 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, September 18, 2009 15:02 -0400 Paul Wouters p...@xelerance.com wrote: On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, John C Klensin wrote: I am concerned that, if there is some incident --completely unrelated to IETF-- that someone associated with the host or hotel might overreact and decide to

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Theodore Tso
In addition to the distasteful restriction on freedom of speech placed on attendees (comments, perhaps made in jest, during the plenary or even in the hallway about the great firewall of china might cause summary ejection of the individuals or the entire groups), there are two other issues that

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Theodore Tso ty...@mit.edu (comments, perhaps made in jest, during the plenary or even in the hallway about the great firewall of china might cause summary ejection of the individuals or the entire groups) Look at the bright side: if that should by some chance happen,

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:29:44 -0700 (PDT) From:Ole Jacobsen o...@cisco.com Message-ID: pine.gso.4.63.0909181236360.12...@pita.cisco.com | Whether or not we should meet in China based on principles of | free speech and such is, I think, something we need to come

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 08:16:18AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: Date:Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:29:44 -0700 (PDT) From:Ole Jacobsen o...@cisco.com Message-ID: pine.gso.4.63.0909181236360.12...@pita.cisco.com | Whether or not we should meet in China based on principles of

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Theodore Tso wrote: OTOH, if there is a legal agreement which must be signed which clearly impacts the free speach rights of IETF attendees, past a certain level, I think it is valid for us as a community to decide that maybe using such a venue might not be the path

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

2009-09-18 Thread Pete Resnick
On 9/18/09 at 5:35 PM -0400, John C Klensin wrote: But, at least to my knowledge, the IETF has not been asked before (by any country) to agree to having the meeting stopped, having all participants being kicked out of the country, and bearing full financial responsibility for any costs that

Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Greetings; We have received numerous suggestions and requests for an IETF meeting in China and the IAOC has been working on a potential China meeting for several years. We are now close to making a decision on a potential upcoming meeting in China. However, the following issue has arisen and we

Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

2009-09-18 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Sep 18, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Scott Brim wrote: Excerpts from Marshall Eubanks on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 11:42:00AM -0400: Greetings; We have received numerous suggestions and requests for an IETF meeting in China and the IAOC has been working on a potential China meeting for several years.

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