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Re: TICC restrictions on food/beverage

2011-10-27 15:30:58
On 2011-10-28 09:07, John C Klensin wrote:

--On Thursday, October 27, 2011 14:24 -0500 Mary Barnes
<mary(_dot_)ietf(_dot_)barnes(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

  No food or beverages are allowed to be brought into the
  meeting rooms and working group sessions unless
  specifically served by the IETF.

[MB] In my opinion, everyone should be sharing their views
about this. I'm hoping that this is similar to the movie
theater rule in the U.S. as those of us with dietary
restrictions for medical or personal reasons will most likely
need to bring food (I certainly will).  And, given that it's
recommended not to drink the water, I  wonder about the
quality of the potable water, so I plan also to bring my own
water.  [/MB]

I've already mentioned this to the Secretariat and IAD.    IMO,
there are three separate issues:

(1) The restriction itself, for precisely the reasons you give
and some obvious variations on them.

It's quite unacceptable, especially for bottled drinks.

(2) The fact that the restriction has only now been announced,
after I assume that a large fraction of those who had planned to
attend have made non-refundable commitments.  If it is the case
that the rule can safely be ignored on your "movie theater"
principle when necessary, that is no big deal.  If the intention
were to enforce it strictly enough that it might make the
difference between attendance and non-attendance for some
people, then the late announcement is a very big deal indeed.

I assume that most people will ignore such a restriction, and I
would expect that any attempt to enforce it would completely fail.

(3) It is normal in the facility contracts, as with many other
types of contracts, to have a provision that the contract and
its attachments are the entire agreement and that neither party
can change or add to the rules without the consent of the other.
Do the contracts negotiated by the IAOC not have such
provisions?  If they do, why is this announcement being made at
this time?  And, if not, does anyone have any predictions about
the next little surprise?

I was once at a conference where the building security people
patrolled continuously, and whenever they spotted somebody with
a laptop plugged into a power outlet in a floor recess, they ordered
them to unplug it immediately because of the "trip hazard". This
provided an entertaining game of whack-a-mole for several days.

   Brian

   john
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