[ec-tf] gov't attendees at meetings

hello all,

Had a hunch that the Regional Meetings and other NCC outreach efforts
would have
increased gov'ts attendance at RIPE meetings, so I made a spreadsheet
(attached) of the number of Civil Society (defined as non-profit
organisations, but really all "Internet Community orgs) attendees vs.
gov't  vs private sector/biz attendees comparing a pre-outreach/2002
mtg (RIPE 42) vs post-outreach/2007 mtg (RIPE 55).

I was surprised to find fewer government folk at 2007 mtg, even though
the number of attendees (n) was larger.

In any case, no statistical analysis done, just raw counts n percentages.

RIPE 42							     RIPE 55			
CS	    GOV	     biz	n			     CS	          GOV	        biz	            n
142	    15	      133	290			   162	          7	          162	             331
0.48966	0.052	0.459	%	                     0.48943	 0.02115   0.489426	%

I had hoped this might be helpful, but perhaps it requires analysis of
all meetings, (including Regional) and there are difficulties
determinig about whois biz vs. gov vs CS.

Feedback welcome.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim
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