On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Bernard Aboba wrote:
Steve Crocker said:
"Are you suggesting the IETF is not mature enough to meet in China?
After watching this thread for a while, I am beginning to be convinced."
The IETF as an organization is mature enough to meet anywhere.
However, IETF participation is open, so that attempting to predict
the behavior of IETF participants is as difficult as predicting
the behavior of anyone on the planet.
Combine Dave Crocker's carefully outlined risk analysis with the IETF's
basic open structure which in recent months has allowed us to be subjected
to email campaigns with a political agenda. What is to prevent such a
group with the intent to disrupt the IETF, for what they believe to be the
greater good, from using remote connectivity provisions to insert
comments, etc. which would be deemed in violation of the contract without
even entering China and subjecting themselves to personal risk?
Dave Morris
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