Re: Interim step on meetings site feedback for sites currently under active consideration

Christian O'Flaherty <christian.oflaherty@gmail.com> Tue, 19 April 2016 19:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: Interim step on meetings site feedback for sites currently under active consideration
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> On Apr 19, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:
> 
> It should be pretty easy for the IAD to measure this by comparing the list of newcomers in Argentina to the list of participants in Berlin, for example.  

But I was interested in addressing this part:

>  I'm very hopeful that some of the
> > South Americans who attended their first IETF meeting because
> > it was held in Buenos Aires will continue to participate (as in:
> > bring in work and participate in ongoing work, and not as in: sit
> > in meetings)


that would be, for example, WG mailing list contributions from Latin America (or at least subscriptions since IETF95) .

it’s very difficult to measure… but I’m open to suggestions. 

Christian


> I am fairly sure that they already do this, and possibly may even have made presentations about it from time to time at the plenary... :)
> 
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Christian O'Flaherty <christian.oflaherty@gmail.com <mailto:christian.oflaherty@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 18, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com <mailto:melinda.shore@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/18/16 9:09 AM, Dan Harkins wrote:
> >> But
> >> I think these issues should be balanced with the overall benefit
> >> that the IETF World Tour provides.
> >
> > As I've said repeatedly, I don't think the world tour actually
> > does bring much benefit.  I'm very hopeful that some of the
> > South Americans who attended their first IETF meeting because
> > it was held in Buenos Aires will continue to participate (as in:
> > bring in work and participate in ongoing work, and not as in: sit
> > in meetings) but historically that has not been the case.
> 
> 
> BTW… if there’s a way to keep track and measure that additional active participation from Latin America I’ll be happy to do it.
> 
> I’m open to suggestions on how it can be than.
> 
> Christian
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I also
> > think that the world tour tends to have the unintended side-effect
> > of overemphasizing the importance of meetings to our process.
> >
> > Also, note that a large number of regulars opted to skip the meeting
> > in Buenos Aires.  Granted, there are those who might see that as
> > a benefit.
> >
> > Melinda
> >
> 
>