Re: [Mtgvenue] visa situation... worsens?

Then there is the no small matter of laptop/tablet ban on certain ME
Asian airlines
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/21/exclusive-britain-poised-follow-us-ban-laptops-ipads-flights/

This is extremely inconvenient and dangerous for anyone who has
travelled a bit knows.
1. Stuff in check-baggage gets banged around and thrown around (seen
it myself multiple times) so electronics can get damaged.
2. Stuff in check-in baggage gets robbed. (Happened multiple times to
my friends)
3. If there is a fire in check-in baggage in the hold due to a
lithium-ion battery it can have worse implications than in carry-on.
4. Finally customs can scan/clone your data without intervention (so
there are privacy concerns here as well).

Also it bears repeating that much of Africa and Asia connects through
the middle-east for flights to Europe and US. With the US
administration being what it is (this trend is likely to get worse),
how much more needs to happen before the US is disqualified as a
location for IETF meetings.

Also looks likely that UK and Canada will follow this trend.

-- Vinayak

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Michael Richardson
<mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote:
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> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/20/no-african-citizens-visas-california-annual-trade-summit
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> An annual African trade summit in California had no African attendees this
> year after at least 60 people were denied visas, according to event leaders.
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> Is it too late to cancel IETF 102 in SFO?  {I'm guessing so}
> What about IETF 111?  Was it a multi-year deal?
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> Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
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