Discussion brought out the variety of language coding standards. There was some consideration of how to best expand this activity to serve developing countries, perhaps through a new regional networking conference. Meeting participants reviewed various national networking and other conferences. All meetings are experiencing exceptional growth and demand. There was also some discussion of establishing a new regional Internet-related meeting.
More work is needed to bring developing countries on-line to the network.
Other international organizations are working in Latin America and Africa. The Middle East is largely ignored. A project in the AP region is needed to help also. It was also noted that only 12 of the 126 invitees to the INET '93 developing countries workshop were from the AP region, and that this should be increased. Australia has been active in supporting networking in developing countries in the region.