On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 08:00:19PM -0500, Arturo Servin wrote: > Hard times may come, some people will ask why the Internet standards > are just developed in some places and will challenge us. And here I thought that the standards were developed on the list. (For the record, I am not opposed at all to holding a meeting in Latin America -- I'm personally in favour of it. But we also don't hold meetings in India or Myanmar, and for much the same reason: we have a tiny minority of participants from those places, and given the funding model the IETF can't afford to hold full-on meetings as a matter of outreach. There may be ways to fix that, and I understand the IAOC is investigating options. Note that the IETF is always looking for sponsors for meetings!) A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx