On 05/15/2013 02:00 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
Otoh hand the whole point with IETF is that *nobody* is *excluded*, it
consists of all interested parties and the barrier of entry is really
low.
That's what many of us would like to believe. But IETF certainly
doesn't consist of all interested parties, and the barrier to effective
participation (regularly showing up at meetings all over the world and
spending significant time participating in mailing lists) can be
prohibitively high.
Yes, I'm aware that some people (including myself) have effectively
participated on occasion without doing either of the above. But I
think it's hard to effectively participate in IETF on a regular basis
without a significant investment in both time and money.
Keith