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Re: IETF 107 and Corona Virus?

Jay Daley <jay@ietf.org> Fri, 14 February 2020 03:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: IETF 107 and Corona Virus?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:57:27 +1300
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> On 14/02/2020, at 2:15 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> wrote:
> 
> Now consider someone who successfully obtains a visa (or does
> not need one), makes air and hotel reservations, and arrives at
> the airport intending to fly to the meeting.  Then, because of
> policy shifts, they are either denied boarding or arrive in the
> destination country and are denied admission and sent home or,
> worse, locked up somewhere for 14 days.

...

> Does the IETF refund the registration fee?  Current policy is, I
> think, ambiguous, 

Just in case anyone is confused by this, the recently announced policy is for a full refund in the case of *any* government imposed travel restrictions that prevent someone attending the meeting, which may include, but are not limited to, denial of exit, denial of entry, diversion, repatriation, isolation and quarantine.

Jay

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Jay Daley
IETF Executive Director
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