Re: IAB volunteers

[Ted Hardie <[e-mail]>]

Howdy,

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:56 AM, S Moonesamy <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi Ted,
> At 11:10 25-05-2016, Ted Hardie wrote:
>
>> A same sex male couple attending the IETF in Singapore will  break the
>> law to have a normal family life.  Suspending that life for a week may have
>> no great important or lasting impact to some; for others it may mean they
>> cannot attend except remotely.  That latter choice may have an impact on
>> what jobs they can do for the IETF and may have an impact on their
>> employers' view of their work.
>>
>
> I understand that giving a person a choice about whether to break the law
> or not is a problematic choice.
>
> There is a message at
> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/current/msg14921.html
> from the IAB about a volunteer to serve on the ICANN
> Technical Liaison Group with the following requirement: "The ICANN TLG is
> expected to meet in person at or around the three ICANN meetings held each
> year".  Would the inability to attend, for example, an ICANN meeting for
> the reason I mentioned above be a disqualifying factor?
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>

If a volunteer could not attend in person, I believe the IAB would ask
ICANN to provide facilities for remote participation.  I've put this
question on the IAB agenda for the June 1st meeting, so that we can confirm
that or provide a more complete answer.

regards,

Ted Hardie