Re: [102attendees] Visa problems - need a different invitation letter

"Marc Blanchet" <marc.blanchet@viagenie.ca> Tue, 11 September 2018 18:02 UTC

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From: Marc Blanchet <marc.blanchet@viagenie.ca>
To: Christian Hopps <chopps@gmail.com>
Cc: "Sterne, Jason" <jason.sterne@nokia.com>, 102attendees <102attendees@ietf.org>, Robert Wilton <rwilton=40cisco.com@dmarc.ietf.org>, 103attendees@ietf.org, Artyom Gavrichenkov <ximaera@gmail.com>, Reshad Rahman <rrahman=40cisco.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [102attendees] Visa problems - need a different invitation letter
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On 11 Sep 2018, at 13:57, Christian Hopps wrote:

> Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa) <jason.sterne@nokia.com> writes:
>
>> Everyone has their own circumstances, but it is really a shame that 
>> we (IETF as an organization) can't get a definitive statement from 
>> the Thai authorities (i.e. in writing that we can all print & bring) 
>> that attending this conference is not considered as "business" by 
>> Thailand.  That would save a lot of grief (and same was true for 
>> Buenos Aires and will be true for many future IETFs).
>
> This sure would be nice. Just the simple declaration that attending 
> the conference is not considered conducting business would be enough I 
> think.

+1

Marc.

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> Thanks,
> Chris.
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