Scott,
Your comments align very much with others that we have received
privately, on the list, or through the survey. All of it is being
considered very seriously and you can expect a progress report
soon.
As for alternative venues: since most IETF meetings depend on a
host, we're not in a position to "finesse" (to use your term)
the problem by going to a different location in the same region.
(Ignoring the fact that venues in Hong Kong for example are
booked many years in advance of any event).
Ole
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Cisco Systems
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On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Scott Lawrence wrote:
Apologies if this point has been made elsewhere in this rather long
thread, but I didn't see it in the parts that I have read....
This contract condition creates a denial of service attack on the IETF
itself.
An individual or small group who either wishes to create a media event
or who wishes to disrupt (for any reason at all) the progress of the
meeting or of some IETF Working Group can do so by taking actions
designed to trigger this clause sufficiently publicly that it is not
ignored. Whether or not such an attempt would succeed, the mere threat
of such an action could itself disrupt the normal IETF processes, and
consume the attention of leadership who should be focusing on allowing
the technical work to proceed.
I would very much like to acknowledge the contributions of our Chinese
participants, and think that holding meetings in the Peoples Republic
would be a fine thing, but I consider the potential for disruption and
distraction to be too high to be acceptable.
I like the idea of exploring possible alternative venues such as Hong
Kong that might finesse this problem.
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