Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Dave Cridland
On Wed Sep 23 04:14:26 2009, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Indeed, our own meetings are scoped and moderated, You clearly weren't at the Codec BoF. Well, heavy weaponry was declared out of scope. As was reaching any kind of useful decision. and disruptive influences can be, and are,

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Ben Campbell
On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: I'm not talking about incitement to riot, advocacy of terrorism, expressions of racial hatred, or anything of the kind. As I have expressed several times in this thread, I'm talking about discussion of technical topics that impinge on

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ben Campbell wrote: Concrete example: Would a presentation on how tor was used to bypass state controls on news during the recent election protests in Iran be acceptable under the terms of the agreement? That would sound like a perfectly appropriate and timely

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Speaking just for myself. On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Ben Campbell wrote: On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: I'm not talking about incitement to riot, advocacy of terrorism, expressions of racial hatred, or anything of the kind. As I have expressed several times in this

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Dave CROCKER
I am going to assume that such a presentation would be largerly technical, a case study with some political overtones, but technical nonetheless. I would not expect this to get you in trouble, no. A very basic problem with these sorts of assurances is that they are being made by people

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-23 Thread Ben Campbell
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Ben Campbell wrote: Concrete example: Would a presentation on how tor was used to bypass state controls on news during the recent election protests in Iran be acceptable under the terms of the agreement? That would

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Cullen Jennings
, September 19, 2009 16:07 To: Yaron Sheffer Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: China venue survey On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, I'm afraid that results of the survey will *not* prove informative. The one pertinent question in the survey assumes that we have a meeting in China

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Ole Jacobsen
Cullen, Well, nobody has officially announced that the proposed venue is Beijing, although a lot of people seem to have assumed so and yet more people copied the assumption. The announcent of the venue is expected soon, within say 30 days. But to the core of your question: The rotation would

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Melinda Shore
On Sep 22, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: Well, nobody has officially announced that the proposed venue is Beijing, Or Vancouver either, right? I assumed that Cullen threw the city names out as straw proposals and that the broader question is still valid - IETF 79 is only a year off.

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Ole Jacobsen
Yes, sorry I wasn't paying attention to that part. Canada --- there are several options. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: o...@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 22 Sep

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Levity alert! On 9/22/09 12:00 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: Canada --- there are several options. Indeed, Canada is a big country. How about Yellowknife? The famous ice road would be open in November for IETF 79:

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Ole Jacobsen
I think we should meet in Tromsoe, Norway in January or February some year. The lack of sunlight would make us more productive, the weather would prevent people from wandering off and missing sessions. (I think I will get a high Narten score this week :-) Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread JORDI PALET MARTINEZ
Jennings flu...@cisco.com Cc: ietf@ietf.org ietf@ietf.org, Yaron Sheffer yar...@checkpoint.com Subject: Re: China venue survey Cullen, Well, nobody has officially announced that the proposed venue is Beijing, although a lot of people seem to have assumed so and yet more people copied

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Sep 22, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: I think we should meet in Tromsoe, Norway in January or February some year. The lack of sunlight would make us more productive, the weather would prevent people from wandering off and missing sessions. Dear Ole; Why stay so far South ? I

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread James M. Polk
At 11:23 AM 9/19/2009, Ole Jacobsen wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, The IETF is highly ideological. Probably more so than most other SDOs. We care deeply about the end to end principle, about net neutrality, and (at least in the community I'm a member of) about

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread James M. Polk
At 12:47 PM 9/22/2009, Ole Jacobsen wrote: Cullen, Well, nobody has officially announced that the proposed venue is Beijing, although a lot of people seem to have assumed so and yet more people copied the assumption. The announcent of the venue is expected soon, within say 30 days. But to the

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/19/09 10:23 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, The IETF is highly ideological. Probably more so than most other SDOs. We care deeply about the end to end principle, about net neutrality, and (at

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread HUANG, ZHIHUI (JERRY), ATTLABS
Cc: ietf@ietf.org; Yaron Sheffer Subject: Re: China venue survey -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 9/19/09 10:23 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, The IETF is highly ideological. Probably more so than most other SDOs. We care deeply

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Melinda Shore
On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:52 PM, HUANG, ZHIHUI (JERRY), ATTLABS wrote: The answer is probably 'No'. And that would be a correct answer because IETF meeting and podium are not the proper platform for such discussions. Actually, the correct answer is no because those are all historical actions.

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Ole Jacobsen
Jerry, I agree with you, and just to inject a little humor, I also agree with the e-Trade baby when he says it's not the venue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhfl4mFH1No Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Ole Jacobsen o...@cisco.com wrote: Jerry, I agree with you, and just to inject a little humor, I also agree with the e-Trade baby when he says it's not the venue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhfl4mFH1No It seems to me that there have been multiple

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Dave Cridland
On Tue Sep 22 22:02:05 2009, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: I think we draw the line at restrictions on our freedom of speech. There are a huge number of locations where freedom of speech is restricted. Arguably, depending on how precisely one defines it, the UK and much of the EU falls into

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread James M. Polk
At 05:44 PM 9/22/2009, Dave Cridland wrote: On the other hand, I can accept as valid the suggestion that some people have made that the particular restrictions of speech that the PRC impose may restrict the scope of discussion that the IETF typically engages in. I suspect that it may not be so,

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-22 Thread Dean Willis
On Sep 22, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: Disruptive as defined by whom? It seems to me that the contract we might sign cedes the definition of disruptive to a government about whose laws we know very little. Do correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the IETF has never

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-19 Thread Yaron Sheffer
Hi Ole, I'm afraid that results of the survey will *not* prove informative. The one pertinent question in the survey assumes that we have a meeting in China, then asks if the respondent, as an individual, would prefer to attend it. This is very different from asking if we, as a community,

Re: China venue survey

2009-09-19 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, I'm afraid that results of the survey will *not* prove informative. The one pertinent question in the survey assumes that we have a meeting in China, then asks if the respondent, as an individual, would prefer to attend it. This is very

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-19 Thread Yaron Sheffer
Message- From: Ole Jacobsen [mailto:o...@cisco.com] Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 16:07 To: Yaron Sheffer Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: China venue survey On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, I'm afraid that results of the survey will *not* prove informative

RE: China venue survey

2009-09-19 Thread Ole Jacobsen
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009, Yaron Sheffer wrote: Hi Ole, The IETF is highly ideological. Probably more so than most other SDOs. We care deeply about the end to end principle, about net neutrality, and (at least in the community I'm a member of) about security. Many of our members care a lot