On 07/10/2013 05:17 PM, Josh Howlett wrote:
Day passes have nothing to do with it.
I disagree. Day passes encourage the notion that it's normal to
parachute into the IETF to attend a single session. I think that the
IETF's strength is that we don't totally compartmentalise work items.
I am perplexed that there is, on the one hand, a (valid, IMHO) concern
about increasing IETF diversity & participation, when there appears to be
an active policy of discouraging potential participants who simply wish to
get work done in some specific sessions. Superficially, it would seem that
making participation more flexible and affordable might help to improve
diversity & participation.
There's more than one kind of diversity.
IETF (and its work) would greatly benefit from participants who work in
more diverse areas, including areas within IETF and/or outside of IETF.
IETF has a long history of giving too much favor to narrow and/or
short-term interests. The long-term viability of the Internet
continues to suffer because of this bias.
Keith