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Re: Is the IETF is an international organization? (was: IETF Diversity)

2013-06-19 14:19:09

On Jun 19, 2013, at 10:07 PM, SM <sm(_at_)resistor(_dot_)net>
 wrote:

Hi Aaron,
At 11:40 19-06-2013, Aaron Yi DING wrote:
Relating to the statement above(I assume Phillip is addressing the US 
Academia), not quite sure are we still discussing the same topic?
sorry, I am bit confused ..  since IETF is an international organization.

I changed the subject line as I am as confused as to whether the IETF is an 
international organization.

There was a mention of "First the Civil Rights act, then Selma...  ;)".  I 
assume that the act is an Act for the United States of America.  Harvard was 
also mentioned.  I did a quick search and I found out that "Harvard 
University is an American private Ivy League research university".

Yeah, and "act" is what Americans call statutes, and Selma is a city in Alabama 
where there was some controversy about voting rights. You sure need to know a 
lot of Americana to participate meaningfully in some of these discussions.