On May 23, 2013, at 10:04 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013, Jorge Amodio wrote: > >> One thing that could help is if some companies like Cisco, Google, Juniper, >> etc, with presence in the region start sponsoring some individuals that have >> been participating or are interested to participate at IETF so they can have >> more time and financial resources. > > My take on this is that it would be a good start if someone (not limited to > the list above, ICANN for instance?) could do more "marketing" for IETF, > perhaps identifying universities with courses that cater towards network > engineering, making sure they know how Internet standards are developed and > how to participate. > > Where is a good "executive summary" to give to upper management, outlining > why they should dedicate resources towards participating in the IETF? I think some of them might tell you they already do. If nothing else, they contribute to ISOC, which in turn sends Fellows. They donate equipment, host meetings, and oh-by-the-way send scads of people. And they contribute to ISOC in other ways too. BTW, we happen to be working with a university that I shall not name (the MOU isn't signed off yet) located in a southern hemisphere continent on a university course in networking or network engineering or some such.
