ICANN constituencies, mission and participants are way different than IETF and an important number of folks receive financial support to participate.
I believe the discussion is not really about if Buenos Aires is the right location or not but if by meeting in a particular region that will drive more engagement and participation from the people from that region. -J On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:34 AM, Patrik Fältström <p...@frobbit.se> wrote: > ICANN 48 is to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 17-21 November 2013, > and I am looking forward to it! > > Patrik > > On 29 maj 2013, at 04:27, Arturo Servin <aser...@lacnic.net> wrote: > > > Perhaps not. Buenos Aires is also a big hub of technology in Latin > > America. In addition as it was mentioned it relatively close from Sao > > Paulo, Montevideo and Santiago. Also there are direct flights from other > > major cities in Peru and Colombia. > > > > 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. > > > > as > > > > On 5/28/13 11:09 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: > >> On 5/28/13 3:06 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: > >>> The centres for networking industry in Australia are Melbourne and > Sydney, in that order. > >>> It's a bit like IETF 51 being held in Grimsby, not London or Cambridge. > >> > >> Okay. So, should we be extrapolating from this to what > >> we can expect from Brazilians if we meet in Buenos > >> Aires? > >> > >> Melinda > >> > >
