The IAOC would like to thank all the people who commented on the IETF list and responded to the survey. It was very helpful to the IAOC in identifying issues and interest. As of 17 June 2013, the survey had 656 responses. This was more responses than for any other survey we have done, and is more than half of the number of people who usually attend an IETF meeting. Of the unfiltered data, 72.3% said they would very likely or likely attend a meeting in Buenos Aires. 13.3% said unlikely or very unlikely. Of these 17.1% have not attended an IETF meeting and 38.7% are not on a committee, WG chair, I-D author, or full time student. In this group 169 people (25.7%) were from South America, Latin America, or the Caribbean. The unfiltered survey results can be found at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/SurveySummary_Unfiltered_06172013.pdf Applying a filter of only looking at the most active participants (that is, IESG, IAB, IAOC, NomCom members, WG chairs, and I-D authors) the Likely and Very Likely is 71.8% indicated they will attend, and 13.8% said they were unlikely or very unlikely. In this group 26 people (7.0%) were from South America, Latin America, or the Caribbean. Also, this group of the most active participants was Likely or Very Likely to attend London at 85.9% (higher than South America) and Yokohama at 68.4% (lower than South America). The filtered survey results can be found at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/SurveySummary_Active_06172013-1.pdf Based on these survey results, we conclude there would be good attendance at a meeting in Buenos Aires overall, good attendance from people in the region, and that most active participants will attend. Active participants would attend at similar rates to their attendance at other IETF meetings. From this viewpoint, holding a meeting in Buenos Aires appears to be similar holding it in other locations around the world. The results from the survey by itself do not mean we should have an IETF meeting in Buenos Aires, but it does eliminate several reasons why we should not have a meeting there. The harder questions as discussed on the IETF list relate to if we should have a meeting in Buenos Aires. The first part of this relates to whether having a single meeting in South America will increase IETF participation from that region and increase the diversity in the IETF. This was discussed a lot on the IETF list. We agree that a single meeting isn't sufficient. We have been talking with the Internet Society (ISOC) about programs and events that could be held in the region leading up to and following an IETF meeting in the region. They said that ISOC is planning to hold a series of events and programs in South America. This would include: - Increasing the IETF Fellows and policy makers from the region - Local meetings about IETF technologies - Local meetings about Internet deployment approaches - Local meetings with general information on how the IETF works and how to participate The more detailed plan we received from ISOC can be found at: http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/ISOC%20Activities%20supporting%20IETF%20in%20LAC.pdf The IAOC thinks that scheduling an IETF meeting in Beunos Aires and announcing a series of events will increase the participation from this region and may improve the IETF's cultural diversity. The other general questions raised on the list are why should we do this and will having a meeting in South America really help with the issues we see relating to advancing the IETF in political and international circles. Some people expressed skepticism that this would really help. We don't think we can prove this factually, it is a judgment call to a large extent, but we think the combination of the IETF meeting and the ISOC events in the region will help. The IAOC will proceed with planning a single meeting in Buenos Aires based on what we have heard from the community, the survey, and our discussions with ISOC regarding organizing events in South America. We will also continue to track attendance from participants in all regions. We thank you for providing feedback on the IETF list and for responding to the survey. Bob Hinden IAOC Chair
