Re: Less Corporate Diversity

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On 3/20/13 2:37 PM, Jeffrey Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 03:18:24PM -0400, Eric Burger wrote:
>> How much is the concentration of corporate participation in the
>> IETF a result of market forces, like consolidation and
>> bankruptcy, as opposed to nefarious forces, like a company hiring
>> all of the I* leadership? We have mechanisms to deal with the
>> latter, but there is not much we can do about the former.
> 
> Having started in the IETF at a much smaller vendor, it's less a
> nefarious thing than it is a money thing.
> 
> When you're talking about participation at the conferences, the
> cost of flying someone to the venue, paying for the conference fee
> and covering hotel can be a big burden for smaller companies.  They
> then have to pick and choose which groups it makes sense to get a
> human to attend.
> 
> Even on-the-list participation can be a financial burden.  Someone
> has to spend a chunk of their time doing standards work instead of
> other things like code.
> 
> I* leadership is even messier.  IETF is effectively asking for half
> or more of the time of those people.  They are effectively being
> given a form of patronage to do IETF work.

+1

When I worked at a small vendor, I attended IETF meetings only when
there was work happening directly related to what my company care
about. I *might* have been able to be a WG chair, but there is no way
I could have been an area director until after our small company was
acquired by Cisco.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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