Re: [tao-discuss] "2.1 Humble Beginnings" section geography

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Fri, 14 July 2017 18:10 UTC

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On 14 Jul 2017, at 19:49, Aris Lambrianidis wrote:

> "The IETF first met in Asia (in Adelaide, Australia) in 2000."
>
> and goes on to say:
>
> "Currently, the IETF meets in North America, Europe, and Asia.”
>
> I am not aware of any continent models (as discussed here: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent)
> which consider Australia as part of Asia.

Good catch. However, there are many travel folk who do consider 
Australia part of "Asia" as a destination region.

--Paul Hoffman