Re: [ericas] Starting the discussion

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@nomountain.net> Sun, 28 April 2013 19:15 UTC

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On 4/28/13 10:55 AM, S Moonesamy wrote:
> There is the money barrier.  It is very expensive to attend IETF
> meetings.  It's nearly impossible to get funding probably because the
> local community does not see any value in the IETF.  There are a few
> people who may have heard of the IETF.  Some of them have very little
> understanding of how the IETF works.

Do you feel that ISOC has a role to play in this?

I should add that I'm not thrilled with the emphasis on meeting
attendance as a marker of participation or non-participation.  We
may not be doing a very good job of communicating how to participate
in the IETF process without traveling to meetings.

Melinda

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