Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

[Scott Brim]

I would prefer that people come to the IETF because they have a problem and
they are looking for ways to solve it ... as opposed to wanting to work
with the IETF for some reason and looking for something "the IETF" wants
them to work on.  The former feels like engineering, the latter like
professional standards going.  Therefore, if someone says they are looking
for a problem to work on, I ask them to bring a problem with them.