It depends what you want to do. Technical participation in a working group by email works pretty well. But if you want to talk in person to WG chairs of ADs or the IANA or RFC Editor staff or be eligible for NomCom or have more impact at BoFs, etc., being there is important. See also RFC 4144. Donald On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Doug Ewell <doug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marshall Eubanks <tme at americafree dot tv> wrote: > >> However, "90% of life consists of simply showing up," and that is >> especially true for the IETF; to participate, you have to show up, >> and that requires travel. > > I'll have to keep this in mind the next time I feel tempted to > participate in a WG on the belief that mailing-list-only participation > is important to the IETF. I am neither funded by my company to go on > round-the-world junkets, nor wealthy enough to afford them > out-of-pocket. > > -- > Doug Ewell | Thornton, Colorado, USA | http://www.ewellic.org > RFC 5645, 4645, UTN #14 | ietf-languages @ is dot gd slash 2kf0s > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf