The IETF community has enjoyed the support of the IETF Education (EDU) team for
decades. Several years ago, the Education, Mentoring, and Outreach Directorate
(EMODIR) was created to coordinate a larger array of activities aimed at
expanding the IETF community and the productivity of its work. Recent
directorate projects have included:
• Face-to-face and online tutorials and webinars
• Updates to educational online content
• Mentoring activities including the IETF Guides program and Quick
Connections
• WG chairs forum
More information about the directorate is available at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/emodir/about/
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/emodir/about/>
Karen O’Donoghue has led the directorate since its inception, and together with
Mirjam Kuehne coordinated EDU team functions for many years. Due to job
circumstances, Mirjam stepped down from the team last year and Karen will be
stepping down as coordinator of the directorate once new coordinators have been
identified. Please join me in thanking them for their many years of service to
the community!
Given these changes, I am seeking volunteers to be EMODIR Coordinators going
forward. Interested individuals should send email to [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> by October 23 at 23:59 UTC containing the following
information:
1. Your name
2. A brief summary of your experience in the IETF, including document review
and authorship, meeting attendance, and other IETF roles held
3. A brief summary of your experience related to education, mentoring, or
outreach in technical communities
4. A statement of direction for EMODIR: where would you like to see it go and
what would you like to see it do in the coming years?
EMODIR Coordinators will be responsible for organizing the directorate’s
projects, assessing project leaders and identifying new leaders as necessary,
establishing a regular cadence of directorate meetings and communications to
keep the group aligned, working with project leads to define metrics of success
for each project, and setting up regular reviews to assess the projects against
their metrics. Finding volunteers who can dedicate time to EMODIR activities
has long been a challenge; successful Coordinators will need to bring
enthusiasm and creativity to the directorate’s work and be willing to invest
the time needed to bring in new volunteers. The expected time commitment will
be up to 4 hours per week at the outset and during busy pre-meeting periods,
and about 1 hour per week at other times. The IETF LLC is now able to commit
additional resources to support the directorate, but the directorate’s projects
will continue to be community-led.
Although the directorate has an existing project structure, it is due for a
refresh. New Coordinators will be expected to re-assess and potentially revamp
the current project structure, in consultation with the IETF Chair.
All those interested in volunteering to be an EMODIR Coordinator should send
email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> by October 23 at 23:59 UTC as
outlined above.
Thanks,
Alissa Cooper
IETF Chair
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