Thank you Bob and the IAOC for taking the time to analize the
possiblities of a meeting outside North America, Europe and Asia.
Independently of the result, I think it had been a good opportunity
for many of us to take advantage of the momentum and to initiate some
actions to promote the IETF.
Regards,
as
On 6/21/13 1:00 AM, The IAOC wrote:
> The IAOC would like to thank all the people who commented on the IETF
> list and responded to the survey. It was very helpful to the IAOC in
> identifying issues and interest.
>
> As of 17 June 2013, the survey had 656 responses. This was more
> responses than for any other survey we have done, and is more than
> half of the number of people who usually attend an IETF meeting.
>
> Of the unfiltered data, 72.3% said they would very likely or likely
> attend a meeting in Buenos Aires. 13.3% said unlikely or very
> unlikely. Of these 17.1% have not attended an IETF meeting and 38.7%
> are not on a committee, WG chair, I-D author, or full time student. In
> this group 169 people (25.7%) were from South America, Latin America,
> or the Caribbean. The unfiltered survey results can be found at:
>
> http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/SurveySummary_Unfiltered_06172013.pdf
>
> Applying a filter of only looking at the most active participants
> (that is, IESG, IAB, IAOC, NomCom members, WG chairs, and I-D authors)
> the Likely and Very Likely is 71.8% indicated they will attend, and
> 13.8% said they were unlikely or very unlikely. In this group 26
> people (7.0%) were from South America, Latin America, or the
> Caribbean. Also, this group of the most active participants was Likely
> or Very Likely to attend London at 85.9% (higher than South America)
> and Yokohama at 68.4% (lower than South America). The filtered survey
> results can be found at:
>
> http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/SurveySummary_Active_06172013-1.pdf
>
> Based on these survey results, we conclude there would be good
> attendance at a meeting in Buenos Aires overall, good attendance from
> people in the region, and that most active participants will attend.
> Active participants would attend at similar rates to their attendance
> at other IETF meetings. From this viewpoint, holding a meeting in
> Buenos Aires appears to be similar holding it in other locations
> around the world.
>
> The results from the survey by itself do not mean we should have an
> IETF meeting in Buenos Aires, but it does eliminate several reasons
> why we should not have a meeting there.
>
> The harder questions as discussed on the IETF list relate to if we
> should have a meeting in Buenos Aires.
>
> The first part of this relates to whether having a single meeting in
> South America will increase IETF participation from that region and
> increase the diversity in the IETF. This was discussed a lot on the
> IETF list. We agree that a single meeting isn't sufficient. We have
> been talking with the Internet Society (ISOC) about programs and
> events that could be held in the region leading up to and following an
> IETF meeting in the region. They said that ISOC is planning to hold a
> series of events and programs in South America. This would include:
>
> - Increasing the IETF Fellows and policy makers from the region
> - Local meetings about IETF technologies
> - Local meetings about Internet deployment approaches
> - Local meetings with general information on how the IETF works and
> how to participate
>
> The more detailed plan we received from ISOC can be found at:
>
> http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/ISOC%20Activities%20supporting%20IETF%20in%20LAC.pdf
>
> The IAOC thinks that scheduling an IETF meeting in Beunos Aires and
> announcing a series of events will increase the participation from
> this region and may improve the IETF's cultural diversity.
>
> The other general questions raised on the list are why should we do
> this and will having a meeting in South America really help with the
> issues we see relating to advancing the IETF in political and
> international circles. Some people expressed skepticism that this
> would really help. We don't think we can prove this factually, it is a
> judgment call to a large extent, but we think the combination of the
> IETF meeting and the ISOC events in the region will help.
>
> The IAOC will proceed with planning a single meeting in Buenos Aires
> based on what we have heard from the community, the survey, and our
> discussions with ISOC regarding organizing events in South America. We
> will also continue to track attendance from participants in all
> regions.
>
> We thank you for providing feedback on the IETF list and for
> responding to the survey.
>
> Bob Hinden
> IAOC Chair