Re: [ericas] Starting the discussion

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

On 04/28/2013 08:15 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
> 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.

Sort of agree. I'd be interested in learning more about how
and why Internet protocols work well or badly in emerging
regions and in suggestions as to what could be done about
that. That doesn't need bodies in Berlin but would benefit
from that.

S.

> 
> Melinda
>