Re: [101attendees] Registration for IETF 102, Montreal

["Marc Blanchet" <[e-mail]>]

On 20 Apr 2018, at 10:23, Suresh Krishnan wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>
> On Apr 20, 2018, at 8:30 AM, Marc Blanchet 
> <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
> On 20 Apr 2018, at 8:25, Livingood, Jason wrote:
>
> I'm vaguely curious why we hold back registration until 10 weeks. Why 
> not open it 1 day after the end of the prior meeting? Or open it 364 
> days before each meeting or whatever? This seems to regularly recur as 
> a question - so there must be a way to remove the friction / take the 
> issue off the table...
>
> Agree. the issue at hand seems to be getting a letter of invitation to 
> start the visa process. Delivering a letter of invitation is in my 
> understanding mechanically done (or it should be).  In this case, as 
> soon as the venue is confirmed/contracted, we can deliver those!  
> I’m pretty sure the ioac is well aware of that, so I wonder what 
> blocks to provide it early.
>
> One small issue here based on the experience of hosting few IETFs. 
> Some of the consulates and embassies require an invitation letter 
> signed by a *local host* (This was the case for the Montreal and the 
> Toronto IETFs - I had to hand sign and snail mail ~100 letters).

ouach. I did not know that. But that relates to my little experience 
with visas and invitation letters.

> So I would think that getting a local host is the gating factor rather 
> than the confirmation/contract of the venue.

ok.

thanks for teaching me the other side of being a host!

marc.

>
> Thanks
> Suresh