Re: [Diversity] IETF Diversity Update

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

On 12/15/2015 04:31 AM, SM wrote:
> Hi Alejandro,
> At 18:33 14-12-2015, Alejandro Acosta wrote:
>> Uhh, maybe my message was not explicitly enough.
>> I'm not talking specifically about why the people to do not get involve
>> in IETF, just at least the people to be aware of.  Some folks at the
>> IETF have been trying to do some outreach, talking in some events about
>> IETF, etc, etc. All of that is fantastic, my position is trying to an
> 
> Could you please share the names of the persons who have been trying to
> do some outreach?

I'm not they "you" you meant :-), but I can provide names:

* Marcelo Bagnulo
* Alvaro Retana
* Alejandro Acosta himself
* Fernando Gont (i.e., me :-) )
* Christian O'Flaherty


I started doing some sort of (unsolicited :-) ) outreach since at least
2007 (see slide 16 of
<http://www.gont.com.ar/talks/LACNIC/presentacion-lacnic-x-fgont-seguridad-tcp.pdf>).
For English-speakers, the text in slide 16 roughly says:

   "There's only a tiny bit of latin-american participation in the IETF
   (3 authors, according to
http://www.arkko.com/tools/stats/countrydistr.html), very likely as a
result of lack of funding from
   companies, educational organizations, and other organizations.

   This is something probably worth considering for those in a position
   to do something about it."


That said, I don't think "lack of awareness" is the real problem here.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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