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Re: More participation from under-represented regions

2013-05-26 18:02:44
Hi Edwin,
At 13:59 26-05-2013, Edwin A. Opare wrote:
The awareness creation should start at the grassroots level : "The Universities"!. Train the soon-to-graduate Computer Scientist/Engineer on the values and essence of the IETF and it'll forever be with them even after graduation.

To elicit participation from the under-represented regions, the universities are a sure starting point, then a lot more industry-focused awareness creation by the ISOC local Chapters.

AfNOG has trained hundreds of people in Africa. Those people do not participate on the mailing list. There are some people from Africa who have attended IETF meetings. They don't participate in the IETF. Why is it that there are some participants from South America whereas there aren't any participants from Africa?

Regards,
-sm