[Chapter-delegates] Proposal for IETF Registration fee support for Chapters

[Susannah Gray]

John, Olivier


On 07/03/2017 14:10, John Levine wrote:
> In article <38f34147-ccb6-316d-28d5-c6be8d09cca7 at gih.com> you write:
>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>> in today's Chapter Advisory Council (ChAC) call, I presented a proposal
>> relating to an IETF Registration fee support for Chapters.
> I'm all in favor of getting interested people to IETF meetings but
> this appears to be redundant with the existing IETF Fellow program.
- The IETF fellowship program has restrictions. As per the link you shared:

"Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are for Internet Society 
members from emerging or developing economies"

... which rules out this option for many chapters.

While remote participation 'hubs' are useful, one of the most valuable 
things about attending such events in person is being able to network 
with peers from all over the world and make connections with people 
you'd otherwise never get to meet.

And while I wholeheartedly support the need for Fellowships/travel 
support to the IEFT and other industry meetings for those from emerging 
economies, it also needs to be recognized most chapters, wherever they 
are located, are operating on shoestring budgets and are unable to fund 
their own attendance to such events.

Thank you Olivier, for sharing this proposal with us. I think it's a 
good initiative and am interested to hear others' feedback.

Susannah

—
Susannah Gray
Chair
San Francisco-Bay Area Internet Society Chapter
www.sfbayisoc.org

>
> I've gone to the fellows' dinners at recent IETFs and met some very
> interesting people.  One youngish man, for example, worked for the
> government of his Caribbean microstate, and was its de-facto telecom
> regulator by virtue of being the only one who knew anything about
> communication technology.
>
> Having been to a lot of IETF meetings, I can also say that unless you
> happen to live within commuting distance of the venue, the travel,
> lodging, and meal expenses are way more than the registration fee.
> Just waiving the fee would be unlikely to get significantly more
> people to go.
>
> More details here:
> https://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/ietf-and-ois-programmes/internet-society-fellowship
>
> As an alternative, you might consider ways to arrange remote
> participation sites.  The IETF has pretty good remote access with
> audio streaming and interactive jabber (XMPP) service, and many
> sessions also have two way Meetecho video.  If there are several
> people in a city they could connect from one place so they could share
> the sometimes baffling experience of working group sessions.  It might
> also be useful to have pre-meeting webinars to explain how the IETF
> works, what to expect, and how make best use of the experience.
>
> R's,
> John
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