Re: [107all] Update on IETF 107 Vancouver and COVID-19

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On 3/4/20 4:33 PM, Warren Kumari wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:50 PM Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>>
>>> We are aware that more companies have imposed travel restrictions and in
>> some cases
>>> those are dependent on who else will be attending the conference.
>>
>> As it has already started to happen today for BESS WG it only takes two
>> chairs to work for company which imposed travel policy not to be able to
>> travel to run the WG meeting. if they can not travel the WG meeting is
>> cancelled.
>>
> 
> Simply because the chairs cannot make it does not automatically mean that
> the WG meeting is cancelled -- WGs chairs can ask the WG secretary, or
> appoint a temporary secretary or just ask an in-person participant to do
> the physical onsite things, like bluesheets, pushing the big red button,
> etc.
> 
> W
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> I quite do not understand how IETF director(s) keep the event ON in such
>> situation.
>>
>> And what is worse - some meetings may be cancelled last minute or chairs
>> may be not able to travel last minute as well.
>>
>> In what light does this put potential attendees ?
>>
>> Many thx,
>> Robert.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 3/4/20, 11:50 AM, "107all on behalf of IETF Executive Director" <
>>> 107all-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of exec-director@ietf.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>      This is a further update on IETF 107 Vancouver and the ongoing
>>> situation with COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
>>>
>>>      It is still our intention to go ahead with IETF 107 Vancouver as the
>>> public health advice remains that we do not need to cancel conferences in
>>> Vancouver or avoid travel to Vancouver.  The Public Health Agency of Canada
>>> (PHAC) continues to classify the risk of infection in Canada as low [1] and
>>> the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to recommend against travel
>>> restrictions [2].  As shared earlier, special measures are being put into
>>> place for IETF 107 in Vancouver following public health recommendations for
>>> meetings of this nature [3].
>>>
>>>      We continue to monitor the situation and will respond quickly if the
>>> public health advice changes.  While it is clear that the situation is
>>> deteriorating, the public health advice from the WHO, which is very
>>> consistent and evidence-based, is that local containment of outbreaks is
>>> both feasible and demonstrated to work.  To hear more about the
>>> evidence-based guidance being provided by the WHO we recommend watching a
>>> WHO press briefing [4] or reading their daily situation reports [5].
>>>
>>>      We are aware that more companies have imposed travel restrictions and
>>> in some cases those are dependent on who else will be attending the
>>> conference.  However, we will not be imposing travel restrictions on IETF
>>> participants from specific countries or regions as it is for the Canadian
>>> government to decide who can enter their country.
>>>
>>>      The current PHAC advisory page for visitors [6] is that those
>>> arriving from Hubei province of China or from Iran should self-isolate for
>>> 14 days on arrival and monitor their health.  That advisory may be updated
>>> at any time and so we advise anyone travelling from a country with an
>>> infection cluster to check that page before travel.
>>>
>>>      We continue to receive new registrations every day but those are now
>>> being offset by cancellations and the number of registered in-person
>>> participants is hovering at around 625 [7] with over 200 registered remote
>>> participants.  The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) and IETF
>>> Administration LLC continue to monitor the situation and the IESG is
>>> currently seeking input from working group and research group chairs to
>>> understand the extent of expected session cancellations.
>>>
>>>      If we are required to cancel then the IESG is considering options for
>>> virtual meeting support, which it will report on in due course.
>>>
>>>      Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or
>>> comments.
>>>
>>>      [1]
>>> https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
>>>      [2]
>>> https://www.who.int/ith/2019-nCoV_advice_for_international_traffic-rev/en/
>>>      [2] https://www.ietf.org/how/meetings/107/ietf107-health-measures/
>>>      [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAo9Nooi69E (about 55 minutes in)
>>>      [4]
>>> https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/
>>>      [5]
>>> https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/latest-travel-health-advice.html
>>>      [6] https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf107/attendance.py
>>>
>>>      --
>>>      Jay Daley
>>>      IETF Executive Director
>>>      exec-director@ietf.org
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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