Re: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Wed, 11 March 2020 01:53 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled
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In article <96e3b1c7-b187-7c9e-4be1-0e82fee719c1@acm.org> you write:
>Attending in-person is the full value for me, I often skip sessions to be able to work with
>people and then watch the sessions later on video.  A few very aggressive people are trying to
>make all IETF meetings virtual, and so replacing the in-person meeting by virtual sessions is a
>slippery slope.

COVID-19 is on track to be the most severe pandemic since the 1918
flu.  So I think you're OK until 2122.

R's,
John