Re: [103attendees] [EXTERNAL] Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Mon, 20 August 2018 19:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [103attendees] [EXTERNAL] Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand
From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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On Aug 20, 2018, at 20:29, Eliot Lear <lear=40cisco.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> 
> past experience is no predictor of future
> behaviors

Actually, it is, just not a perfect one.
So, indeed, collecting that experience is a useful exercise before going to untried destinations.

Surprises will happen, and they are not a reason to give up planning for the usual case.
(And yes, it is also useful to keep a finger on the pulse for how likely surprises will be.)

Grüße, Carsten (who already once needed to evacuate from a business meeting while caught in a revolution)