On 15/09/2014 23:55, Mary Barnes wrote:
The reality is that large companies can afford to have large numbers
of people participate and attend IETF meetings (and thus qualify as
voting members of nomcom) as well as the ability to fund an employee
to do nearly full time work in leadership positions at the IETF.
This is becoming less true, particularly the latter statement about I*
funding. There is a significant transition going on in our industry both
in terms of the perceived importance of the IETF vs other forums and
discretionary funding available to support senior staff on activities
other than direct product creation.
- Stewart