[lacnog] Fwd: IETF Meeting in South America

[Arturo Servin]

	Seria muy bueno que pudieran enviar sus comentarios al IAOC del IETF
para poder tener un IETF en la region en el futuro cercano.

	Links a la encuesta y al email de comentarios más abajo.

Saludos,
as


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: IETF Meeting in South America
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:12 -0700
From: The IAOC <bob.hinden en gmail.com>
To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce en ietf.org>
CC: ietf en ietf.org

As you may know the IAOC has been investigating the feasibility of
having an IETF
meeting in South America.  There was a site visit to South America last
February.
We have found two venues that we believe will support a successful IETF
meeting
and we would like to get feedback from the community.

The venues are in Buenos Aires.  They meet our requirements for the meeting
space, networking, nearby restaurants and bars, hotel room rates in the
mid $200
dollar range, nearby alternate hotels at a broad range of prices, nice
area in the
city, safe, direct international flights, and accessible visas.  The
IAOC thinks we
could have a successful IETF meeting in Buenos Aires and that attendees
would
like the venues.

There has been a consistent level of IETF participation from South and
Central
America, and it has been growing since IETF82.  The data on this is
posted at

   http://iaoc.ietf.org/documents/IETF-Regional-Attendance-00.pdf.

The current meeting regional rotation (announced at IETF79) allows for an
occasional IETF meeting outside of our main regions (Europe, North America,
Asia/Pacific).

IETF standards are made more valuable the more relevant they are and the
more
uptake they get.  IETF standards are also made more robust when all
perspectives
are represented during their development.  Encouraging growing participation
will help strengthen the Internet, further encourage participation from
those areas
that will see the most growth in the coming years, and will help advance
the IETF
in political and international circles which is becoming more of an
imperative.

We have asked the IESG for their feedback and they are supportive of a
meeting in
South America if there is community support and active participants attend.

Things to consider are that it will be a long trip for the majority of
IETFers and the
air fares are more expensive (about 10% to 20% higher than average), though
restaurants are less expensive.  This would be a case where most IETFers
would
bear more travel pain and expense.

The IAOC would like to understand if the IETF community thinks that the IETF
should have a meeting in the next few years in Buenos Aires.  The IAOC would
also like to get feedback on how we can ensure the meeting is as
successful as
possible and on ways to grow participation in the region.

We have set up a survey at  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NWYLQCD  where
you can indicate your likelihood of attending, and we encourage you to
send your
general feedback to the IETF list <ietf en ietf.org>.

Thanks,
Bob Hinden
IAOC Chair