I went to Adelaide. it was my first IETF. I am now an IETF regular-irregular, of 10+ years standing. So, proof by example, it increased Australian participation by at least 1.
In fact, I think by scale, Australians punch above their weight. Especially if you include americans who live in Australia, Australians who live in the mainland of the USA. I think IETF going to Adelaide had net positive effects on Australian participation. Small. but real. -G On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:19 PM, <l.w...@surrey.ac.uk> wrote: > Melinda, > > can you confine yourself to disagreeing with something I actually said? > > Thanks so much! > > Lloyd Wood > http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/ > > > ________________________________________ > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Melinda > Shore [melinda.sh...@gmail.com] > Sent: 29 May 2013 03:47 > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: IETF Meeting in South America > > On 5/28/13 6:27 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: > > Going to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Mexico City or Santiago will > always > > split audiences as these are the major tech hubs in the region (also add > > Bogota, Lima, San Jose and other cities). So, I think it is not > > comparable with Australia. > > I actually don't agree with Lloyd that the reason that the Australian > meeting didn't lead to increased Australian participation was that it > was because it was in Adelaide. I don't expect a South American > meeting in any South American city to lead to an increase in Latin > American participation, either. > > Melinda > > >
