At 20:42 23-05-2013, Jorge Amodio wrote:
Taking the IETF meeting to Buenos Aires is not a bad idea, but when
the meeting is over the root problem will still be there.
Jari Arkko is the Chair of the IETF. He asked the following
questions ( http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg79470.html ):
"Just meeting in some place does not bring too many new participants,
at least not in a lasting manner. But combined with some other actions,
this may be possible. Are there specific companies or research teams that
we could reach out to, and who might want to be involved in the IETF?
Are there local events where where it would be useful to have someone
from the IETF give a talk?
Are there specific IETF or IRTF efforts where we could get more people
from South America involved?
Should the ISOC fellows program target something different than it has
so far, or be scaled up? Other ideas?"
What he is saying is that he does not plan to come to Buenos Aires
for an IETF meeting, have a nice time and then forget about South
America. He would like to do more than that. He asked the questions
mentioned to learn more about what the IETF can do directly or by
discussing with other organizations to get more people from South
America to participate in the IETF.
Juliao Braga was the only person from South America to comment about
the above. It is not possible to identify what actions the IETF can
take if people from South America do not respond to the questions.
Regards,
-sm