Re: IETF Meeting in South America

Riiight. That is why one never has to attend an IETF meeting in person to serve 
on NOMCOM, one does not need travel support from one's employer to be on the 
IESG, and why people who never come to IETF meetings are the rule and not the 
exception with respect to getting documents adopted and published.

Oops - I got my sense wrong there….

On May 28, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net> wrote:

> On 5/27/2013 11:38 PM, Christian O'Flaherty wrote:
> > I would like to follow up on this proposal. Having a meeting in South
> > America scheduled two or three years in advance will let us engage
> > local organisations and individuals on a "project". We did several
> > activities in the region trying to encourage IETF participation, but
> > we're going to be much more effective if they're part of a plan with a
> > strong commitment (and effort) from the IETF community.
>
> Such a project sounds like an excellent idea and it could be interesting to 
> pursue it with coordination from the IETF community.
>
> One point worth noting is that the primary work of the IETF is conducted over 
> email.  Consequently, the project does not require an in-person meeting with 
> the IETF community.  In fact, relying on an in-person meeting for the effort 
> is counter-productive training for being effective in the IETF.  I don't mean 
> that such meetings aren't useful, but that I believe they are secondary to 
> the work that is done over the rest of the time.
>
> d/
>
> -- 
> Dave Crocker
> Brandenburg InternetWorking
> bbiw.net

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