[lacnog] Fwd: IETF Meeting in South America

[Carlos M. Martinez]

No se olviden de llenar la encuesta, es muy corta.

On 5/23/13 1:38 PM, Ariel Weher wrote:
> Ojala lo hagan.
>
> Ya tienen mi voto positivo.
>
> Saludos
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Arturo Servin <aservin en lacnic.net
> <mailto:aservin en lacnic.net>> wrote:
>
>
>             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 <mailto:bob.hinden en gmail.com>>
>     To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce en ietf.org
>     <mailto:ietf-announce en ietf.org>>
>     CC: ietf en ietf.org <mailto: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
>     <mailto:ietf en ietf.org>>.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Bob Hinden
>     IAOC Chair
>
>
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