On Fri, 24 May 2013, Stephen Farrell wrote:
There is no need to wait for a nearby meeting. I'd say starting to
participate via email makes such a meeting far more likely if
participants turn up and do good technical work.
It's my experience that non-native english speakers are more comfortable
exchanging text than speaking. I've met several people who write excellent
english but who it's difficult to communicate with verbally.
So if language is considered a barrier, would having an IETF meeting there
really help? I feel overall that outreach by a few people would be more
effective in bringing in people to start doing work via email (and
perhaps, teleconferencing), and then where there is a few more people
active in South America, then a physical meeting there would be more
effective?
As a Fidonet user from the late 1980:ties, I felt the IETF had a really
low barrier of entry. What would a 20-30 year old who started to use the
Internet 5-10 years ago feel about it? I don't know. What is the target
audience? A telecommunication professional? A student who might be a
would-be telecom profession? An App programmer? All of the above?
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