Re: Concerns about Singapore

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Tue, 12 April 2016 17:02 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:01:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: Concerns about Singapore
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I suppose another way to frame it is to ask how many LGBTQ+ folks in
Singapore would be included because of an IETF in Singapore, versus how
many LGBTQ+ folks not in Singapore would feel excluded or disadvantaged
because of an IETF in Singapore.   Because I'm not personally impacted by
this, I don't really have a sense of how one could evaluate that.   I think
sharing your thoughts about this with the IAOC would be a very good idea.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Dhruv Dhody <dhruv.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that at this point the question of what we can do to address the
>> Singapore problem is in the hands of the IAOC, which has indicated a
>> willingness to explore going even further than Ted asked them to in
>> addressing the problem.   Ted asked them to not bring their families to
>> Singapore in solidarity with him, since he doesn't feel safe bringing his
>> family.
>>
>
> ​Ted has a point and it is a concern that we (as a part of the gay
> community) have to deal with it daily.
>
>
>> The IAOC has said they are looking into how difficult it would be to
>> actually move IETF 100 to a different country.
>>
>
> ​But, to me this is interesting, that we took the discussion, from
> solidarity and understanding of the difficulties that the gay community
> faces, to sort of escaping it and not dealing with it. By setting this
> precedence I am afraid IETF would not take place in a large part of the
> world in coming years.
>
> And isn't that excluding people (which BTW *also* includes the members of
> the same gay community, but from this part of the world)?
>
>
>> So I don't think there's anything for us to discuss here, unless you are
>> a member of the LGBTQ+ community and have something to add about how you
>> think Singapore should be handled.
>>
>
> ​I talked to my openly gay friends living in Singapore and told them about
> the discussions that's happening here. For what it's worth, I will pass on
> details to IAOC if that helps.
>
> Thanks!
> Dhruv
>
> ​PS. I agree that getting early feedback about a new place is a good idea
> and should be followed in future. ​
>
>
>
>>
>> Your point about derailment makes sense, though--this is definitely a
>> separate issue from the "virtual IETF" issue.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Loa Andersson <loa@pi.nu> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> On 2016-04-12 19:15, Tim Chown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12 Apr 2016, at 01:50, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing you mentioned that can't be done with existing
>>>>> conferencing software is hums, and I'm sure we could figure out a way to
>>>>> make that work.  It's not rocket science.   Chairs who judge consensus by
>>>>> looking at the room aren't following IETF process--consensus is judged on
>>>>> the mailing list.  Hums are useful for figuring out why we _don't_ have
>>>>> consensus, and for _getting_ to consensus, but if you were to judge
>>>>> consensus by hums or a show of hands, then you'd be taking a vote, wouldn't
>>>>> you?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Meetecho has a ‘hum’ button, which throws ‘hmmmmmm’ into the jabber
>>>> room for the WG. I did see it used, once.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Let me return to the start of this discussion.
>>>
>>> It seems to me that the LGBTQ peoples concern about a meeting in
>>> Singapore is real, at least it is perceived to be real.
>>>
>>> I don't think anything that is within our power to do can change this
>>> perception.
>>>
>>> Thus we need to take this seriously, the concerns is about our upcoming
>>> meeting in Singapore. That should be our focus.
>>>
>>> /Loa
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>