Re: IETF Meeting Venue Selection Criteria

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 11:58, Avri Doria wrote:
> I think there needs to be some mention of requirements such as:
> 
> - MUST NOT be held in a country whose visa requirements are so  
> stringent as to make it impossible or even extremely difficult for  
> some participant to attend.

An important factor worth stressing, IMHO, is the time required to apply
for & issue a visitor visa suitable for a short-term visit.  If the time
required isn't predictable in advance and measureable in small numbers
of months, that itself is a barrier to participation.

But I might back off on a hair on the phrasing -- "several
participants"?

Let's be realistic -- we're talking about government bureaucracy here. 
Is there any country out there which doesn't occasionally "randomly"
deny or significantly delay granting a visitor visa?  A single incident
ought not to preclude us from returning.  A pattern of exclusion, on the
other hand, would be a matter of concern.

						- Bill

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