Hi, Yes, you read the subject correctly. The question is if you will like to have MORE meetings outside US ... This morning talking with one of the IOAC members he explained me *one* of the reasons we still have so many meetings in US. The survey that we have after each IETF meeting include a question related to this, and MANY MORE US participants are completing this survey, so the result, is obviously biased. So, I will suggest that if you want to have more meeting in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, or wherever else, say so publicly. The US participation in IETF meetings now is only about 40%, and the number of non-US participants in the work is also increasing. HOWEVER we fail to say where we want to have the meetings ! In addition to that, it is clear to me that the number of participants and countries in US meetings is going low ... I guess is a clear sign. Probably if things don't change and we have more meetings outside US, we should make it make more clear and massively stop coming to the meetings in US ? The IOAC should seriously consider the consequences of this situation as they already know that the balance of people preferring meetings in US is due to the fact that much more US participants complete the survey, is not obvious ? And may be we need to CHANGE the actual planning, instead of waiting for changes in 3-4 years for having more meetings outside US. ************* So please, make sure to fill-in the IETF survey ! In fact, I will like to ask the IAD to make sure that there is a specific survey for ONLY this question *NOW*, separated from the overall meeting survey. Of course, there are other reasons such as lower cost for the meetings and typically more sponsors able to fund those meetings, which again make me wonder why we still keep a model tying the sponsorship to a concrete meetings instead of an overall "IETF meetings" sponsorship and disconnect as much as possible the sponsorship from the hosting. My view is that hosts are still needed if possible, and they can provide part of the "local" benefits, such as looking for lower cost or free connectivity, better deals with hotels, support from local authorities, etc. Regards, Jordi ********************************************** The IPv6 Portal: http://www.ipv6tf.org Bye 6Bone. Hi, IPv6 ! http://www.ipv6day.org This electronic message contains information which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information, including attached files, is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf