On 31 Jan 2017, at 17:48, Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Mani, Mehdi
<Mehdi(_dot_)Mani(_at_)itron(_dot_)com> wrote:
Dear all,
As an european holding a french passport with my origin coming from Iran i
cannot travel to US with this executive order of Mr Trump even if i work for
an American company.
So i beleive as well that meeting venues should not be any more in US with
such à discriminatory law.
I am concerned on the fact that some people are taking this discussion
to anti-America meeting sites, especially as someone living in the US.
I remind people that just a few years ago, all the meetings were being
held in the US.
US is the home ship for IETF. Yes, I sympatize with those having
issues in entering and hope that somehow those restrictions will go
away.
Not to mention that wherever we hold meetings, almost half the attendees come
from the US.
Actually I propose meeting more often in the US, that will be good for
everybody.
I haven’t missed a meeting since Beijing, and in all that time I needed a visa
to exactly one country[1]. While I’m sure there are worse offenders, the US is
not among the world’s easy countries to enter.
I like the US a lot, but there are downsides for a meeting. EU countries are
considerably more accessible.
Yoav
[1] Yes, I realize that things will be different depending on your country of
origin.