Hi Edwin,
On 5/26/13, Edwin A. Opare <aeopare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> To elicit participation from the under-represented regions, the
> universities are a sure starting point, then a lot more industry-focused
> awareness creation by the ISOC local Chapters.
I fully agree with you that universities might be an excellent starting point.
I wonder if you have some ideas to shares in how to do this.
Thanks,
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> Regards,
>
> Edwin
Alejandro Acosta,
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> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Melinda Shore
> <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> On 5/26/13 12:08 PM, SM wrote:
>> > The elephant in the
>> > room is that there hasn't been any discussion about what has been done
>> > to get more participation from under-represented regions but nobody has
>> > mentioned that.
>>
>> One of the things that's really popped out in the discussion
>> on the ericas list is that none of the people posting have
>> been from vendors/manufacturers, which right now is by far
>> the largest sector participating in the IETF. The posters
>> have either been academics or from operators. We can't even
>> get much participation from operators in North America and
>> Europe. The industry sector bias in IETF participation is
>> possibly compounding the regional bias.
>>
>> Melinda
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>>
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