Re: IETF 127 San Francisco reassessment

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Jay,

I realize the LLC has a difficult choice, but I am shocked and dismayed 
by this decision.  The federal government of the United States is 
paralyzed in all constructive ways, but not in their attacks on 
immigrants and trans people.  It was reported in the New York Times 
yesterday that the FDA will highly restrict access to COVID vaccines, 
risking epidemics throughout the US.  My in-person attendance would risk 
either direct harm to me, my loved ones, and friends, and it would 
marginalize those I care about.

I will not attend.

Eliot

On 22.05.2025 21:38, IETF Executive Director wrote:
> At its annual onsite retreat held in Amsterdam 6-7 May 2025, the IETF Administration LLC Board reviewed its decision to hold IETF 127, 14-20 November 2026, in San Francisco, USA.  This follows on from a series of events with the most recent being the board meeting on 16 April 2025 where the board considered the responses to its call for feedback [1] and received direct feedback from a number of IETF participants. We received a lot of constructive and diverse responses and we understand the various concerns raised.
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> The board has reached a final decision that IETF 127 will go ahead in San Francisco as planned.
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> In reaching this decision, the board reassessed this meeting with regards to the requirements of BCP 226 [2] and concluded that it remains consistent with the criteria in the BCP.  It also considered the viability of the meeting and concluded that there will be sufficient participation for the meeting to be financially viable and to meet the threshold set by the IESG for a technically viable meeting [3].
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> The board sincerely thanks all of those that have provided feedback on this complex issue.
>
> [1]https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/STQXuEgpsJp8JJ0SRh1OghDb2XY/
> [2]https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp226
> [3]https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/Vmsojml9ghvSFbxNrDB9EU5KwNg/ 
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