RE: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

["Dearlove, Christopher (UK)" <[e-mail]>]

I think the main (as in the one more people would care about) issue here (UK) isn't a religious clash, it's a public holiday clash (Friday and Monday).

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-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter
Sent: 21 July 2012 08:16
To: Fred Baker (fred)
Cc: Paul Hoffman; IETF discussion list
Subject: Re: Proposed IETF 95 Date Change

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On 21/07/2012 02:30, Fred Baker (fred) wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> 
>> As for the Ramadan issue: we've had IETF meetings during Jewish holidays a few times, and folks dealt with it as best they can. If there are some accommodations that can be made at any IETF meeting for different holidays of major religions, I would bet that IETF Secretariat would be glad to hear them.
> 
> 
> It comes down to adding them to the clash list...

(which is at http://www.ietf.org/meeting/clash-list.html)

And we know that if we did that, on top of all the other technical meetings
that we have to avoid, the result would be overconstrained and scheduling
would become impossible. IMNSHO we need to treat all religious constraints
alike, and in practice that means ignoring them. For practical reasons, we
can't ignore major holidays - not because some of them are religious, but
because they block up hotels and airlines.

Finding the least bad solution is always going to be a compromise, and
I thank the IAOC for continuing to plan several years ahead.

   Brian



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