Re: [90attendees] UK Specific info from FCO

["Mishra, Sanjay" <[e-mail]>]

Yeah, IETF has a lot of wild life.

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From: 90attendees [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Paul Kyzivat
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [90attendees] UK Specific info from FCO

On 7/16/14 11:37 AM, Hutton, Andrew wrote:
> For UK attendees see https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/canada I did not notice anything very unusual.
>
> IETF'ers should note "Take all rubbish with you, and treat any food items with great care to avoid attracting animals to your site" so be careful with the cookie crumbs.

This is a concern. If you leave extra cookies lying around in the conference rooms they will definitely attract animals. :-)

	Thanks,
	Paul

> Andy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 90attendees [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of 
>> Sandra Murphy
>> Sent: 15 July 2014 20:14
>> To: attendees
>> Cc: Sandra Murphy
>> Subject: [90attendees] Canada specific info from US State Dept.
>>
>> At IETF89 in London, I related an incident on the 89attendees list 
>> involving confiscation of a penknife at the London Eye.  Someone very 
>> helpfully posted a pointer to the US State Dept web site for the UK, 
>> something they do for all nations to list special considerations that 
>> US citizens should know.
>>
>> I thought that sounded like a great idea, so I looked it up for this 
>> trip as well.  Yes, Canada is awfully close to US in things besides 
>> geography, but that's not the same as exactly the same.
>>
>> Here's the URL:
>> http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/canada.html.
>>
>> As teasers, here are a few things I spotted that I did not know:
>>
>> You can be fined in Toronto for leaving your car unlocked or having 
>> items in view. (A reaction to the prevalence of smash-and-grab 
>> thefts.)
>>
>> You must declare ANY firearms you bring into the country and can get 
>> into trouble (confiscation, arrest) if they find any that you forgot 
>> to declare.  There are also forms to fill out if you want to borrow a 
>> firearm while in the country.  Not that I would do either, but a mark 
>> of how seriously they consider this.  (For all I know, US laws are
>> similar.)
>>
>> There are three categories of firearms and "some knives" are included 
>> in the "restricted firearms" category.  (You can believe that caught 
>> my eye!  No word on that page on what "some" means.)
>>
>> Under "pornography", it says computers and cell phones are subject to 
>> search at the border.
>>
>> DUI is a criminal offense.  Any prior conviction "no matter how old 
>> or how minor the infraction" means you are excluded from entry, with 
>> a long latency exception process (called "approval for 
>> rehabilitation", to give you an idea of how they regard this).
>>
>> This is info specifically intended for US citizens and their cultural 
>> expectations.  It should be useful for all attendees but may not 
>> mention something that other nation's citizens would not expect.  
>> Other nations may provide similar info for their citizens.
>>
>> --Sandy
>>
>>
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