On 11/13/2013 02:08 PM, SM wrote: [ snip ] >> You and I arrived to the IETF through quite unusual paths. A key > > :-) > >> question is how everybody else happen to join in. In particular, how >> do companies decide who of their employees participates in IETF >> activities, if any. > > I don't know whether anybody would want to look into that. I can't speak for anyone else, but every time my employer (for several values of employer) has sent me to an IETF meeting it has been because I was the one who was participating and asked to go. My participation has never started out as an employer directive. -Andrew