Re: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled

[Phillip Hallam-Baker <[e-mail]>]

+1 definitely the right move.

An RSA attendee has tested positive. 35,000 people from our world go to
RSA. Unless we were lucky, it is already in our industry. Limiting the rate
of spread may not to change who gets it in the end much (unless we develop
a working vaccine) but it will affect the care that will be available.



On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 3:30 PM Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:

> +1. This can't have been an easy decision, but I think it's the right one.
>
> -Ekr
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 12:18 PM Joseph Lorenzo Hall <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for your leadership; looking forward to a good exceptional
>> virtual meeting.
>>
>> best, Joe
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>> *From:* ietf <[e-mail]> on behalf of The IESG <[e-mail]
>> >
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2020 15:10
>> *To:* IETF Announcement List <[e-mail]>
>> *Cc:* [e-mail] <[e-mail]>; ietf@ietf..org <
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>> *Subject:* IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled
>>
>> The IESG and the IRTF Chair have decided to cancel the in-person IETF 107
>> Vancouver meeting. This decision is based on input we gathered from Working
>> Group (WG) and Research Group (RG) chairs about our ability to hold
>> productive WG and RG sessions at IETF 107. Our assessment of this feedback
>> is that a majority of sessions would not be viable if we were to hold the
>> in-person IETF meeting. On this basis, we believe we cannot hold an
>> effective in-person meeting.
>>
>> As a result of this cancellation, the in-person Hackathon, Code Sprint,
>> all other in-person events planned for the weekend of March 21-22, the
>> chairs training scheduled for March 20, and all other in-person sessions
>> during the week are cancelled.
>>
>> The IESG is working on an alternative all-virtual agenda for the week of
>> March 21-27 with a limited schedule adapted to accommodate the time zones
>> of as many participants as possible. We are also planning to support an
>> increased volume of virtual interim meetings during the weeks that follow.
>> We will send another update to the community soon with more information
>> about these plans. The Hackathon organizers are also considering plans for
>> virtual Hackathon support.
>>
>> We have re-opened Internet-Draft submissions, which had been closed on
>> March 9 in anticipation of the in-person meeting. Internet-Drafts may be
>> submitted at <https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/>.
>>
>> A separate announcement from the IETF Executive Director will follow with
>> details about registration cancellations and refunds.
>>
>> These are unusual times given the circumstances created by the spread of
>> COVID-19.  We hope that everyone remains safe and healthy.
>>
>> Regards,
>> The IESG and the IRTF Chair
>>
>>