Hello,
I agree with the Idea of a IETF meeting in South America.
I think it is a way to let the people know about IETF (of course there are
other ways, but this is a good one), to give the possibility to
students/engineers with very good skills to get into the IETF, thinking
that it is going to be published in universities in advance, to give time
to students to enroll to a mailing list and read the drafts to be presented.
Talking about my personal experience, I am pretty new in the IETF, but
since I have been involved, I teach my students (from Argentina) about it,
I tell them, that they can participate, that is open, and I realize that
they didn't know it.
I understand that usually the place is chosen based on the most of
participant origin, but I think a meeting in Latin America is a
good opportunity to give the possibility to people from that region to know
about the IETF.
Kind Regards,
Ines Robles.
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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.
Since this opportunity was announced, there were several contacts and
proposals from different groups asking for additional information,
suggesting things to do, asking for details, etc. We now have a much
more fertile ground to do multiple things.
Going further will also enrich the IETF work and community (making it
more international becomes a side effect). In this region there are
many engineers, software developers, people at Universities, etc. that
could provide new ideas and energy to the IETF.
Christian