They say:

"... it would be inappropriate to make any change without clear evidence of a direct issue"

However, the threat is real:

The IETF Administration LLC has decided to continue to hold meetings in the US, in spite of significant threats to the safety of the community in traveling there. As an Internet community we strive to include everyone. Holding a meeting in the US is incompatible with our values. We call on the IETF community to refuse to travel to the 127th IETF meeting, to be held in San Francisco.

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Who cannot travel to the US

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Who will refuse to attend in solidarity

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Who otherwise support this initiative

If you are unable to travel to the US, or wish to voice your support for this boycott, fill in the form below - your signature can be anonymous.

The US is dangerous

For many, the US was already a country for which it was not safe to travel to. But now, it is an actively hostile state to almost anyone travelling there.

'Surely this won't affect me; I'm white, male, and European?' Think again. Here are the examples we know about of people being detained at the US border, and put into camps:

There are undoubtedly more cases we do not know about. These people are being held in utterly inhumane conditions, often without access to appropriate medical care, legal representation, food, nor even a bed. Some have been tortured.

Beyond problems at the border, the current Secretary for Health and Human Services - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - has said that he will send those with ADHD to camps. Source: Futurism.
Even if attendees get through the border, their safety during the meeting cannot be guaranteed.

'We can't just cancel meeting!'

We can, and we should.

RFC 8718 sets the criteria for the selection of a meeting venue for the IETF meetings. Amongst the core values listed is that of inclusiveness. Specifically, the IETF should:

Avoid meeting in countries with laws that effectively exclude people on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, or gender identity.

Additionally, RFC 9137 sets the conditions on cancelling/relocating IETF meetings. Amongst examples of situations that should trigger a meeting cancellation are:

  • War, civil unrest, or a public health crisis could make a meeting unsafe and/or result in widespread national or corporate travel bans.
  • Changes in visa policies or other unexpected governmental restrictions might make the venue inaccessible to numerous attendees.

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Those who wish to be public

Unable to travel

Q Misell
Max-Planck Institut für Informatik

J. Heimerl-Ombeck

Annika Schramm

Helle

Alexandra Miller

Martine Lenders

Andrew Alston

Maria Matejka
CZ.NIC | BIRD

Ellie Schieder
PKI Quest

Matthias Bussonnier

Thea Barbette
Researcher at ICTEAM

Hristo Bogdanov

Nadežda von Reitzenstein Čerpnjak

Peter Körner
Seibert Group GmbH

Adrian Farrel
Old Dog Consulting

Brooklyn Zelenka
UCAN

Refusing to attend

Tobias Fiebig
MPI-INF

David 'equinox' Lamparter
NetDEF / FRRouting

Marc Haber
incluesion, Freelance IT Insultant

Tommy Jensen
Microsoft

Bryce A. Lynch

Peter van Dijk

Lyndon Nerenberg

Curtis King

Martin Winter
NetDEF

John Todd

Christian Amsüss

Arvid Picciani

Jasper den Hertog
NLnet Labs

Ondřej Surý
ISC

Tobias Herkula

Robin Berjon

Tim McSweeney
IETF

Mario Nemec
Stalwart Labs

Shane Kerr

Mike Ounsworth

Vicky Risk

Supporters

leo vriska

Jeremy Kescher

Sam Schmitt

Delan Azabani
Igalia

Sophie L

Ondřej Pokorný
Freelance Technology Consultant

Michael Rockhold

Sabrina
None, but I have ADHD

maya Boeckh

bronsen
Institut für angewandte Futuristik

Annika Hannig
Alice BGP Looking Glass / Freelance Developer

Hanno Wagner

Clément Gillard

Dorothea Salo

Yureka Lilian
Wobcom

Ian Jackson
Debian Project; Tor Project; IETF protocol implementor; Rust community

Colin Macleod

Ignas Kiela

+merlan #flirora

Alex Ball

Ingvar Mattsson

Ellen Emilia Anna Zscheile

Mannat Kaur

Kit Sylvester

Simon Pasquier

Felix

Patrick Cernko
Max Planck Institute for Software System

Hugo Slabbert

Florian Weber
Technische Universität Dresden

Athena Martin

Andres Correa Casablanca
Kindspells Labs

Anže Jenšterle

Szymon Sokół
AGH University of Kraków

Alex Videcoq
university of Rennes

Caitríona O'Reilly

Maurice Meyer

Tom L

Craig Askings

Jérôme Carretero
ExMakhina

Colin Cogle

vuillard

Ruby Iris Juric

Thomas Guyot-Sionnest

Michał Górny
Gentoo Linux

Jack Meouff
Student

kimapr

Rohan Nishant

Sharon Rosner
Noteflakes

Audun Vaaler

Robb Doering
Doering Thinking Machines

Yunchuan "Winslow" Hu
University of British Columbia

Koosha Hosseiny

Melissa Pilgrim

Donno Magender

Rich Schumacher

Fredrik Björeman
International software podcaster

Chandler Carruth

Johannes Bauer
Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University

Elia Bieri

Muhammed I

Amaya Rodrigo
Just an it person (debian Linux volunteer)

Melinda Shore
retired (former IAB, former IRSG, former WG chair, document author)

Morgan Gangwere

Owen Anderson

J. Dyer

Stephan K.

Josh Enders
<script>alert("oops!")</script>

Scott Maxwell

Vincent van Adrighem

Alexander Utter

Luka Prebil Grintal

David Wagner

Matt Lewis

Jeff Allen
Self

Michael Shaw

Timwi

Beau Gunderson

Stephan Mucha

Joel Hansell

Wytze van der Raay
former board member of NLnet Labs

Emil Rosendahl

Drew DeVault

Memmie Lenglet

Eden Uhde
AS205789

Albin Eldstål-Ahrens

J Hannah

Terence Eden

Edward Dore
Freethought Group Limited

Bart Riepe

Simon Panay
French National Centre for Scientific Research

Michael Gale

Dan Q

Ryan Castellucci
(it is not safe for me to travel to the US)

Henrik Kramselund
Zencurity Aps AS57860

Nils Renaud

Gwendolyn Kostial

Dominic Sayers

Tomáš Grus

Ignacio Torres Masdeu
Platform engineer at SUSE ; AS206268

Ivan Herman

Fred Ellena

Woody Guthrie

Guillaume Fillon

Antonino Catinello

Mia Rose Winter

Julie Humberg

Manuel Gwosdz

Michał Drzewiecki

Janis König
Security Researcher at intcube GmbH

Dan Benton
Dogsbody Technology / Open Source Maintainer

Adrien Kunysz

Neil Carpenter

Jacob Elder

Björne Söderberg Laanemäe

Malcolm Scott
University of Cambridge; former IETF contributor

Norman Wilson

Chris Gerhard

Daniel Wagner

Genevieve Mendoza

James Hawley

Eleanor Clifford
Imperial College London / University of Cambridge

Matteo Joliveau

Zzyzx Wolfe

TJ Horner
Open Source Maintainer

Jesper E. Siig

Rhys Tedstone

Doug Freed

Mikael Albertsson

Samuel Eduardo Aleman Espinoza

HF
sysadmin

Urban Suhadolnik
TU Graz