Personally, I think that may depend upon the Area in which you are active. The RAI area from my perspective has a bunch of youngsters - mid-late 20s & 30s. And, I'm not as old as some of you all ;)
Personally, I think IETF has far more of an issue when it comes to cultural and gender diversity than it does with not having enough younger folks. This is particularly visible in the leadership. Regards, Mary. On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > A question arose on the RFC-interest list, I observed that 20 years > ago I was one of the youngest IETF participants and 20 years later > that still seems to be the case. > > I see some grad students and some postdocs in their 20s but not as > many as I think there should be. By now at least a third of the > organization should be younger than me, preferably half. That is > certainly not what I see when I attend IETFs. And yes, the lack of > women is also highly noticeable. > > If this is the case it should worry us greatly. But first I think we > need to determine if it is the case or not. I suggest an optional > demographic survey of participants in the next IETF meeting to be > repeated at regular intervals (no more than 5 years apart). > > People can argue about process, RFC formats and governance but it > should be beyond argument that any institution that cannot recruit > younger members is going to die. > > -- > Website: http://hallambaker.com/ >
