Hiya,
On 13/04/17 01:27, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
I think that many of us take it as given taht it is desirable to meet in
the US.
I do not doubt that many IETFers likely think that. And I almost
agree with it.
My only problem is that I'm sadly no longer sure that the present
tense is correct in your statement, which is just a shame.
I fully agree with your statement cast into the past tense.
I really hope that the future tense variant will be something with
which I can agree. At the moment I do not for the reasons stated
(to do with unpredictability).
In contrast, I am quite sure that folks who felt strongly that we
should not meet in the US understood that for that to happen, they
needed to make their voices heard.
That's a fair point. I think though that it also puts on onus on
any folks who adamantly think we ought continue to meet in the US,
to also publicly justify that, given the opposite arguments already
voiced on the list. (I do realise there's a danger there of folks
going OTT, so I hope we all impose a bit of self-restraint if making
arguments either way.)
Note though that my query was with Leslie's assertion that the survey
result and list traffic reflected similar levels of adamant assertion.
(I wasn't doubting that some of us are likely adamant about any random
or non-random topic:-)
Cheers,
S.
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