Re: IETF 107 and Corona Virus?

[Kathleen Moriarty <[e-mail]>]

Hi Carsten,

There's one consideration you left out -

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:18 PM Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 2020-02-13, at 15:55, Kathleen Moriarty <
> [e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > That said, my travel is mostly booked and I am planning to attend, but
> will watch to see what happens with any IETF pandemic planning.
>
> Which is what is probably true for most of us.
>
> We already know that companies’ and countries’ policies will place some
> limitations on the meeting (which actually is having some limited impact on
> planning for the meeting).  With the knowledge we have today (2020-02-13),
> we can assume that we will have a productive meeting, not the least because
> we have good remote attendance possibilities for those who can’t (or choose
> not to) make it.
>
> On a health/responsibility level (and, again with the knowledge of today),
> there simply is no reason to cancel the meeting.  It is still way more
> likely for an IETF attendee to have a traffic accident than to be impacted
> by COVID-19.
>

Individuals from an entire nation likely cannot attend what is meant to be
a global meeting. This deserves some thought.

Best regards,
Kathleen

>
> Now that knowledge we have today may change (a.k.a. “surprises”), so the
> IETF leadership needs to stay in a position to make different decisions
> based on emerging situations, and new expert advice that may become
> available.
>
> I still think of the plenary where it was announced that we would meet in
> Korea and somebody went to the microphone with the concern that North Korea
> could be attacking Seoul at any time.  Yes, COVID-19 can attack at any
> time, but it is just one of many risks that we have to juggle.
>
> Grüße, Carsten
>
>

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Best regards,
Kathleen