Re: [107all] Update on IETF 107 Vancouver and COVID-19

[Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>]

> 
> With the big company bans, it is not clear how many of the senior leadership will be at the meeting.

Interesting experiment: How well does the IETF work without the big companies around.

I share your concern, but in my immediate vicinity it seems we will still have a productive meeting — not as productive as it could be, but still worth meeting, even with a large remote participation component.
Of course it could look different in your part of the IETF landscape.

> Is there a roll call of IESG members that will be present?

I would hope that they share this information among each other before making decisions.

> There are 619 people registered for on-site. If we discount those from companies that have already declared that they are not permitting their staff to travel, what is the number?

It would be really useful if people who won’t come could transfer themselves from the local to the remote attendance part, in the attendance list or in a separate statistic.

For planning purposes, I’m spending too much time asking people whether they’ll come, and this would take out some of the guesswork.

(Of course, some are speculating that the corporate ban will still be lifted…  Not much time left, but it would be nice if the reverse transition were possible without incurring additional cost.)

Grüße, Carsten