Re: Rebooked venues selected for IETF 112, IETF 117, and IETF 120 meetings

[Christopher Morrow <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 4:52 PM Mary B <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:38 PM Christopher Morrow <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:24 PM Mary B <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 1:52 PM Christopher Morrow <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 8:30 PM George Michaelson <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> >> > My only concern is that the ESTA/CBP barriers to entry for IETF
>> >> > participants who have travel issues to the USA remain. We are in
>> >> > effect normalising US foreign policy discrimination against IETF
>> >> > participation F2F
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>> >> It seems that putting a meeting back in the US is really not something
>> >> the IETF should do... not until the current problems (virus, <internal
>> >> strife>, external restrictions> are fixed... I don't think we(ietf)
>> >> should be concerned about the potential loss on the SF site
>> >> deposits/etc...
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>> > [MB] Do you really think you/we can judge what things will be like over 3 years from now?
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>> hrm, I read the meetings as the set starting next march... it's really
>> 2 yes, not three, right?
>> (108 - madrid/cancel, 109 BKK cancel, 110 spring, 111, summer, 112 fall)
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> [MB]  The SF meeting is listed per Jay's schedule as: "IETF 117 will be held in San Francisco at the Hilton
> Union Square, 22-28 July 2023"
> My math tells me that's 3+ years away.  But, it looks like you're referring to 111 - that's what confused me.

yes (2023 is almost 3yrs out)

> That's a different question as to whether we're keeping that one.  I'm guessing that  that decision would be
>  made closer to that date and I would guess that cancelling or rescheduling due to the virus would not be
> nearly as problematic as telling the Hilton that IETF doesn't like US politics.   And, unless, the Madrid
>  meeting hotel is moldy, I won't be wearing a mask. [/MB]

:) fair enough... I'm mostly concerned about the US meeting, though
really any in-person meeting as
things stand today with a bunch of 'strangers' seems .. yikes! ;) That
MAY be better by next summer?
I don't really expect things on the 'health' front to get better by
then, not substantially so.

>> I suppose 112 - madrid could likely turn out 'ok', I imagine we'll
>> still be with the face coverings/etc.
>> 117 is far enough out that we'll probably not care about that as a
>> thing or not ... :)
>> 120 the same.
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>> Will 117 be far enough out to fix up the internal politics problems in the US?
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>> >  What specifically does the virus have to do with whether or not we have a meeting in the
>> > US in 3 years?    There's nothing to say that other countries won't have other restrictions of
>> > various sorts in 3 years time.  Personally, I think these changes are just perfect.   If the
>> > meeting was moved to 2021, then maybe the concerns are valid, but not 2023.  [/MB]
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>> sure, ish... leaving aside the virus problems.. having a meeting in
>> the US without change to policies seems bad.
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>> >> > I think you made an entirely rational decision financially, but I
>> >> > think the underlying reasons we wound up going to Canada by preference
>> >> > remain.
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>> >> > -george
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>> >> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:38 AM IETF Executive Director
>> >> > <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> >> > > The IETF Administration LLC is pleased to announce that:
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>> >> > > * IETF 112 will be held in Madrid at the Melia Castilla Hotel and Convention Center, 6-12 November 2021.  This was the venue originally booked for IETF 108, which was moved online because of the global pandemic [1].  We have chosen to rebook this venue to support the 20 years of significant community effort to bring an IETF meeting to Spain.
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>> >> > > * IETF 117 will be held in San Francisco at the Hilton Union Square, 22-28 July 2023.  This was the venue originally booked for IETF 102, which was moved because of concerns about US travel restrictions [2].  We have rebooked this venue as it was either that or pay a significant cancellation fee..
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>> >> > > * IETF 120 will be held in Vancouver at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 20-26 July 2024.  This was the venue originally booked for IETF 107, which was moved online because of the global pandemic [3].  We have chosen to rebook this venue to preserve the effort already put into contracting and preparing for this venue.
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>> >> > > In general, as the process of selecting a venue is expensive and time consuming, rebooking previously cancelled venues ensure that those costs are not written off and additional costs are not incurred in selecting new venues.
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>> >> > > Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any comments or questions.
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>> >> > > [1]  https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/kzC7M48oKrAwdh9uyOvseeKFW3A/
>> >> > > [2]  https://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/IETF102Changeofvenuedates.pdf
>> >> > > [3]  https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/XenAlx4Nw6Jmg69QpXRUOwbzsXY/
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>> >> > > --
>> >> > > Jay Daley
>> >> > > IETF Executive Director
>> >> > > [e-mail]
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