Re: Specific Questions about Registration details for IETF 108

Samuel Weiler <weiler@csail.mit.edu> Thu, 11 June 2020 21:04 UTC

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:04:25 -0400
From: Samuel Weiler <weiler@csail.mit.edu>
To: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>
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Subject: Re: Specific Questions about Registration details for IETF 108
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2020, Scott Kitterman wrote:

> On Thursday, June 11, 2020 3:36:16 PM EDT Samuel Weiler wrote:
>> In any case, I think the Beijing debacle does not set precedent, since
>> that requirement was imposed by someone other than ourselves.  Badge
>> checking is not normal practice at a normal IETF meeting.  And the
>> Beijing meeting was not normal.
>
> The IETF held the meeting there knowing what the requirement would be, so no.
> The IETF made the choice.  Every location is different.  When the IETF decides
> to meet somewhere, then the IETF has determined that local conditions are
> acceptable.

We knew about the network access control requirement (as demonstrated 
by the experiment in Maastricht).  We did not know about the badge 
police.

-- Sam