Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualified for 2.3 of draft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?

[Ted Lemon <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 22, 2008, at 2:10 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> Have you tried, or is this just an assumption you are making?
>
> The argument I would make to state here is that if we can show that  
> the person who is applying for the visa has been contributing to the  
> work of the IETF for an extended time, there really is very little  
> risk of them overstaying their visa. People who might qualify for an  
> H1B are unlikely to risk their chances of obtaining one legitimately.

This, along with the suggestion of making sure that the person  
processing the visa knows what the IETF is, are both excellent  
suggestions.   While I personally would be happy to do IETFs in  
Montreal instead of Minneapolis, because I really like Montreal, I get  
the impression that a lot of IETFers actually appreciate the  
opportunity to come to the 'States, pain in the neck though it may  
be.   So all kidding aside, I think it's worth exploring the  
suggestions people have made for how to solve this problem, rather  
than simply trying to step around it.

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