Re: IETF 100, Singapore -- proposed path forward and request for input

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Nalini,
At 07:17 25-05-2016, [e-mail] wrote:
>I suspect Ted feels unsafe and vulnerable (please correct me if I am 
>wrong) and those of us from Asia (speaking for myself only) feel 
>that having venues only in Western liberal-ish countries is 
>unfair.  Others, please let me know what you think.

The existing IETF policy is to have continental rotations with one 
meeting in the United States of America or Canada, one meeting in 
Europe and one meeting in Eastern Asia.  The IETF Chair has the 
discretion to propose a meeting in a location outside one of those 
three regions.

Discussions about meetings are sometimes highly controversial.  There 
are very few messages on [e-mail] when the IETF holds a meeting 
in the United States or Canada.  There are relatively more messages 
(to [e-mail]) from IETF attendees with United States travel 
documents when the IETF Chair proposes having an IETF meeting outside 
the United States or Canada.  There are lifestyle questions, distance 
to travel questions, cost of travel questions, and safety questions.

Is it judicious for the IAOC to take a position against a 
country?  Is it fair to offer some IETF attendees less privileges?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy