In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, RJ Atkinson writ
es:
>Someone else noted:
>>Participation by mail before participation in person.
>
>EXAMPLE
>
> I was an active participant (e.g. ask folks in Denmark
>who were involved with early MIME stuff) via email long
>before I showed up in person. To this day, I don't make
>every meeting. Before ever showing up in person, I was able
>to make major impacts on MIME's support for multi-lingual
>environments.
>
> I've seen others do similarly. For example, I've
>never run into Valdis at an IETF meeting, but he has an
>impact.
>
>ASSERTION
> So one need not attend to have an impact.
Indeed. I was in the same situation -- for family reasons, I couldn't
travel, but I was an active participant in a number of mailing lists
and working groups. I was asked to be on the IPng directorate before
I'd attended a single IETF meeting -- and that was based on my
publications on security, and my electronic participation.
--Steve Bellovin
