Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-30 Thread Jari Arkko
Dave, I've been finding discussion and actions about newcomers far more interesting this year, than most previous ones. So I think it's worth pressing on several fronts, to see how we can both accommodate such folk better, as well as be clear about when and where and how

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread SM
At 22:25 28-07-2013, Dave Crocker wrote: I've been finding discussion and actions about newcomers far more interesting this year, than most previous ones. So I think it's worth pressing on several fronts, to see how we can both accommodate such folk better, as well as be clear about when

RE: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-29 Thread Moriarty, Kathleen
, 2013 6:00 PM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: Moriarty, Kathleen Subject: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info) In article 8ba59f96-a1de-460f-9a22-f2cd4ce5f...@emc.com you write: I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-29 Thread Mary Barnes
From: John Levine [jo...@taugh.com] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 6:00 PM To: ietf@ietf.org Cc: Moriarty, Kathleen Subject: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info) In article 8ba59f96-a1de-460f-9a22-f2cd4ce5f...@emc.com you

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread t . p .
for education. And I agree that we should not become an organisation where the f2f time gets the primary role. However. Newcomers are not all alike. The student coming here to observe the IETF. The researcher who understands the field we are embarking on. The colleague that has been implementing

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread Keith Moore
On Jul 29, 2013, at 3:59 PM, t.p. wrote: I think the points you make below are good, once the newcomer to the IETF has found their working group. This is not always easy. Fine if your interest is in OSPF, ISIS, TLS, TCPMaintenance but in other spheres, the IETF approach of choosing a

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread John C Klensin
acronyms. Whether we move in that direction or not, most newcomers and isolated/remote participants are going to find it easier to identify an Area of interest than a specific WG. A well-written Area Report that includes brief descriptions of the main focus of each WG along with current status

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-29 Thread Brian E Carpenter
and acronyms. I agree that it would probably help to be more descriptive about WG names rather than looking for things that will make cute acronyms. Whether we move in that direction or not, most newcomers and isolated/remote participants are going to find it easier to identify an Area of interest

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:23 AM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: I would be very sorry to see IETF *working* meetings turned into something closer to conferences, with poster sessions! And mandatory suit and tie (or women's equivalent business attire) for presenters and chairs.

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Keith Moore mo...@network-heretics.com wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 7/27/13 8:13 PM, Randy Bush wrote: yup. i guess it is time for my quarterly suggestion to remove the projectors and screens. Then I guess it's time for my

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Marc Petit-Huguenin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/28/2013 09:10 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Keith Moore mo...@network-heretics.com wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 7/27/13 8:13 PM, Randy Bush wrote: yup. i guess it is time for my

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 28, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin petit...@acm.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/28/2013 09:10 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Keith Moore mo...@network-heretics.com wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Melinda Shore

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Marc Petit-Huguenin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/28/2013 09:47 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin petit...@acm.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/28/2013 09:10 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Keith

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-28 Thread Ted Lemon
On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: putting up yuotube/vimeo tutorials on the wg's technical space would be a good thing for folk with spare time to do. i am sure we could arrange pointer space on the wg's web page. Effective video presentations are _hard_.

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Yoav Nir
On Jul 28, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin petit...@acm.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/28/2013 09:47 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Jul 28, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin petit...@acm.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread SM
As an off-topic note, thanks to Alexa, Alexey, Jari, Lorenzo and the Meetecho team. At 16:52 27-07-2013, Aaron Yi DING wrote: What do you mean by conference? too much information inferred in your term that may confuse others on the list. Will appreciate, if you can share bit more on it,

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Aaron Yi DING
to the original question of how to bring newcomers in through remote participation - I would start with the assumption that they'd be participating, remotely or otherwise, because they have some networking problem (and possibly solution) that needs standardization. I'd also assume that they've done

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Donald Eastlake d3e...@gmail.com wrote: nroff still works fine for me. It's already there in Mac OS X. Only the topic of the conversation is how to get more people involved in IETF, not how to make them run away screaming and crying. -- Website:

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
it, but it seems interesting). Regards, as On 7/28/13 6:13 AM, Randy Bush wrote: I would be very sorry to see IETF *working* meetings turned into something closer to conferences, or to dumbing things down to accommodate newcomers who I gather from discussion so far don't have anything particular

Re: Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-28 Thread Arturo Servin
Why during the F2F IETF meeting? It seems that is not a good way to use the time of an AD during the F2F IETF meeting. I think is a good idea to provide people remote-access to ADs, but doing it during the F2F IETF meeting does not look like a good use of resources. /as On

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Douglas Otis
On Jul 28, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Arturo Servin arturo.ser...@gmail.com wrote: That may work as well. It depends on the time that the presenters have to make the material available. The important is to have discussion-material available in advance. It could be a

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Arturo Servin
Douglas, Totally agree that a requirement is that F2F and remote are equals. I even believe that a presentation-less format (as the described) is better for remote participants. About the minor changes, perhaps. Not very convinced but it could be. In the same line, what about to

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-28 Thread Brian Haberman
Hi Dave, I am not Jari, but I do have an opinion on your thoughts below... On 7/29/13 1:25 AM, Dave Crocker wrote: I've been finding discussion and actions about newcomers far more interesting this year, than most previous ones. So I think it's worth pressing on several fronts, to see

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Jari Arkko
I agree with John that audio and other things would be useful, but Brian is also correct that they do involve some work. Let us see what we can do on audio for IETF-88. Past recordings of the tutorials are available at http://www.ietf.org/edu/process-oriented-tutorials.html#newcomers

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-27 Thread Tim Chown
On 27 Jul 2013, at 02:20, Phillip Hallam-Baker hal...@gmail.com wrote: If I had known this was taking place I might have made the trip to Berlin. I am very interested in the problem this tries to solve. I think it is the wrong way to go about it but I am interested in the problem. The

Re: Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-27 Thread SM
At 15:10 26-07-2013, John C Klensin wrote: However, the IETF has been having a lot of discussions about newcomers, diversity, and attracting new folks to participate and get work done. I think those populations will be better served if it is possible for people a lot less experienced than

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread SM
At 23:17 26-07-2013, Jari Arkko wrote: The second quote is valid in most cases, though we've had some sessions at times that were designed more as education than discussion. For instance, the IAB WCIT BOF last time. The following will be discussed in the DMARC BoF: a mechanism for

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Dave Crocker
On 7/27/2013 7:17 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: newcomers who attend Working Group meetings are encouraged to observe and absorb whatever material they can, but should not interfere with the ongoing process of the group ... The first quote might discourage newcomers from participating. I suggest

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Abdussalam Baryun abdussalambar...@gmail.com no one in IETF have been participating for longer than 30 years The IETF was a renaming of things that existed before the formal first IETF (in January, 1986). It's a direct descendant of the first 'TCP Working Group' meeting, held in

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Simon Pietro Romano
://www.ietf.org/edu/process-oriented-tutorials.html#newcomers. The meeting materials page does now have a training section now - added a couple of hours ago, thanks Alexa! - and some of the materials are there. We're working on putting the rest there. (The newcomer's orientation file would

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Jari Arkko
Simon, for your information, the Meetecho team is going to record five tutorials on Sunday: http://www.ietf.org/meeting/87/remote-participation.html#meetecho We have already provided a URL for those who want to remotely attend the IAOC Overview Session. If you think this might be of

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Steve Crocker
Well, actually, the IETF is a continuation of the Network Working Group, which formed organically in late 1968. We're a few days short of the 45 year mark. The NWG had open meetings, developed the layered architecture and published RFCs. Steve Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:07

Re: Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-27 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
On 7/27/13, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: one locates it (IETF Home Page - IESG - Members) one even gets contact information as a bonus. And the listing of AD names is pretty useless without contact info. As from my remote participant experience in IETF Routing Area (rtg), I was

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 28/07/2013 00:23, Dave Crocker wrote: On 7/27/2013 7:17 AM, Jari Arkko wrote: newcomers who attend Working Group meetings are encouraged to observe and absorb whatever material they can, but should not interfere with the ongoing process of the group ... The first quote might discourage

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Jari Arkko
, in order to familiarize themselves with the technology under discussion. This may represent a challenge for newcomers, as e- mail archives can be difficult to locate and search, and it may not be easy to trace the history of longstanding Working Group debates

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Moriarty, Kathleen
I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short video overviews to help people understand the work. This includes newcomers and also interested observers, who may include implementers. Can that be accommodated, maybe at a future meeting? I am happy to help

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/27/13 1:38 PM, Moriarty, Kathleen wrote: I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short video overviews to help people understand the work. This includes newcomers and also interested observers, who may include implementers. Can that be accommodated

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread SM
a trick or two) :-) If there is a possibility, however remote, that someone, irrespective or age or any other attributes, can teach me something I believe that it is worthwhile to be open to that. Yes, it may have been tried before. And yes, there is a history of failure. However. Newcomers

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Aaron Yi DING
On 27/07/13 23:22, Melinda Shore wrote: On 7/27/13 1:38 PM, Moriarty, Kathleen wrote: I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short video overviews to help people understand the work. This includes newcomers and also interested observers, who may include

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Melinda Shore
our work correct). But back to the original question of how to bring newcomers in through remote participation - I would start with the assumption that they'd be participating, remotely or otherwise, because they have some networking problem (and possibly solution) that needs standardization. I'd

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.comwrote: On 7/27/13 1:38 PM, Moriarty, Kathleen wrote: I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short video overviews to help people understand the work. This includes newcomers and also

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-27 Thread Randy Bush
I think it would be really helpful/useful if working groups could provide short video overviews to help people understand the work. This includes newcomers and also interested observers, who may include implementers. putting up yuotube/vimeo tutorials on the wg's technical space would

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Randy Bush
I would be very sorry to see IETF *working* meetings turned into something closer to conferences, or to dumbing things down to accommodate newcomers who I gather from discussion so far don't have anything particular in mind. yup. i guess it is time for my quarterly suggestion to remove

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/27/13 8:13 PM, Randy Bush wrote: yup. i guess it is time for my quarterly suggestion to remove the projectors and screens. Then I guess it's time for my quarterly I'd be good with that. Melinda

RE: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread l.wood
I would be very sorry to see IETF *working* meetings turned into something closer to conferences, with poster sessions! Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Melinda Shore
On 7/27/13 8:23 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: I would be very sorry to see IETF *working* meetings turned into something closer to conferences, with poster sessions! A! Melinda

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-27 Thread Keith Moore
On Jul 28, 2013, at 6:17 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 7/27/13 8:13 PM, Randy Bush wrote: yup. i guess it is time for my quarterly suggestion to remove the projectors and screens. Then I guess it's time for my quarterly I'd be good with that. As would I. Keith

Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread John C Klensin
tutorial can be prepared that is focused on remote participants, even that session should be of interest. For this particular meeting all of the following seem relevant to at least some remote participants: Newcomers' Orientation Tools for Creating I-Ds and RFCs

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread SM
be expected to succeed. It would be helpful to new people if everything in the IETF was not a treasure hunt or required an email broadcast for a person to find information. The consensus of the IETF is that: newcomers who attend Working Group meetings are encouraged to observe and absorb

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials

2013-07-26 Thread Brian E Carpenter
as to f2f attendees. Until and unless a newcomer's tutorial can be prepared that is focused on remote participants, even that session should be of interest. For this particular meeting all of the following seem relevant to at least some remote participants: Newcomers' Orientation

Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-26 Thread Brian E Carpenter
be prepared that is focused on remote participants, even that session should be of interest. For this particular meeting all of the following seem relevant to at least some remote participants: Newcomers' Orientation Tools for Creating I-Ds and RFCs IAOC

dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread John C Klensin
it is still on the meeting agenda? I am mentioning this on the IETF list only because it is another example of the point that I (and probably SM and others) are trying to make: If we are interested in newcomers, remote participants without years of IETF experience, and/or increased diversity, we

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread Tim Chown
(and probably SM and others) are trying to make: If we are interested in newcomers, remote participants without years of IETF experience, and/or increased diversity, we should not allow these kinds of issues to become requirements for treasure hunts or other sorts of obstacles in people's paths

Re: Oh look! [Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials]

2013-07-26 Thread John C Klensin
that link appears on the main meeting page because it isn't on either of the agenda pages. I suggest again that these little treasure hunts work better for very experienced participants and regular participants who are very patient about searching for information, but much less well for newcomers, remote

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread John C Klensin
are interested in newcomers, remote participants without years of IETF experience, and/or increased diversity, we should not allow these kinds of issues to become requirements for treasure hunts or other sorts of obstacles in people's paths. True. Though the chair names are on the posters linked

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread Tim Chown
given a different name, for various reasons, but that does make it a bit harder to locate the mail list and draft. True. Though the chair names are on the posters linked in the materials page, which I assume is well-advertised to newcomers as access to slides is rather important. As far as I

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread John C Klensin
--On Saturday, July 27, 2013 00:37 +0100 Tim Chown t...@ecs.soton.ac.uk wrote: ... While we/you can try to guess what the problems are, it may be better to surveymonkey those who registered as newcomers in a couple of weeks and ask them about their experience, whether they were aware

Re: dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
page, which I assume is well-advertised to newcomers as access to slides is rather important. As far as I know, the only advertisement is the link from the Agendas and Meeting Materials section of the main meeting page and the similar links from the Meetings entry on the IETF home page. Now

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread Alejandro Acosta
as to f2f attendees. Until and unless a newcomer's tutorial can be prepared that is focused on remote participants, even that session should be of interest. For this particular meeting all of the following seem relevant to at least some remote participants: Newcomers' Orientation

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
On 7/26/13, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: The consensus of the IETF is that: newcomers who attend Working Group meetings are encouraged to observe and absorb whatever material they can, but should not interfere with the ongoing process of the group This is bad for IETF, why

Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info)

2013-07-26 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
Thanks, I agree with your points/suggestions. I want to add; a) Work/Participation in IETF is remotely to run its daily business. b) Newcomers (how many we have per meeting); are always welcomed, no one in IETF have been participating for longer than 30 years, so some how could we say

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-27 Thread Fernando Gont
On 11/16/2012 12:27 AM, John Levine wrote: Shall we move on? Sure. Since we agree that there is no way to pay for the extra costs involved in meeting in places where there are insignificant numbers of IETF participants, it won't happen, and we're done. I wonder how you measure/count

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-27 Thread John R Levine
I wonder how you measure/count IETF participants... Do you measure participants based on subscriptions to IETF mailing-lists? -- If so, how do you assign a location to the plenty of gTLD addresses? (including those at gmail.com) I'm guessing based on the mail I see on the lists I'm on and the

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-27 Thread Dale R. Worley
Responses to a couple of points that people have made: From: t.p. daedu...@btconnect.com I started, some years ago, with a meeting, because the culture that I was used to was that conferences, be they annual or triannual, were where things really happened and that e-mail filled in the gaps

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-17 Thread Tim Chown
On 16 Nov 2012, at 13:25, Carlos M. Martinez carlosm3...@gmail.com wrote: Moving the IETF forward will involve reaching out to other peoples, other regions, and yes, travel farther away once in a while. I also understand that we need to do our part in terms of fostering and increasing the

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-16 Thread Arturo Servin
On 16/11/2012 01:27, John Levine wrote: Shall we move on? Sure. Since we agree that there is no way to pay for the extra costs I wouldn't say that we agreed on that. We do not want to look how to pay the extra cost, we are simply not interested. We agree on this.

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-16 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
of this resistance is coming from, and I sort of agree that newcomers need to prove themselves. But instead of roadblocking and refusal I would have hoped to see something along the lines of: - What is a reasonable goal in terms of participation, so that having a meeting in Latin America is actually

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-16 Thread John R. Levine
Sure. Since we agree that there is no way to pay for the extra costs I wouldn't say that we agreed on that. We do not want to look how to pay the extra cost, we are simply not interested. We agree on this. Oh, sorry, I didn't realize this was a purely hypothetical argument.

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-16 Thread Yoav Nir
Hi Carlos. On Nov 16, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: Hello, On 11/16/12 1:27 AM, John Levine wrote: Shall we move on? Sure. Since we agree that there is no way to pay for the extra costs involved in meeting in places where there are insignificant numbers of IETF

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 15/11/2012 03:43, Melinda Shore wrote: ... Right, I understand that (better than you might think - I live in Alaska). But. I'm trying to understand the value in having people attend one meeting. I've asked about that several times. There are people who have attended one, or a very small

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread t . p .
- Original Message - From: Brian E Carpenter brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com To: Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com Cc: ietf@ietf.org Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:11 AM On 15/11/2012 03:43, Melinda Shore wrote: ... Right, I understand that (better than you might think - I live in

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Dave Crocker
Carsten, et al, On 11/14/2012 11:08 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: My comment was not about getting work done, but about impact of this work. OK. So the choice of venue is supposed to serve two goals: * Being useful for the workers developing IETF documents. * Promoting that work to

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread John R Levine
As Arturo says, having people that traditionally go to an IETF meeting travel to (for them) far away places and (for them) new cultures, do definitely open their eyes to how large our world is. I think that learning about other parts of the world is swell, but I don't think the IETF should

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Nov 15, 2012, at 17:04, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: I'm saying that your point lacks an empirical basis Yes. I'm not even arguing that the IETF spend effort on obtaining that empirical basis (hint: there is probably a great PhD thesis in organizational marketing waiting to be

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
On 11/15/12 3:15 PM, John R Levine wrote: As Arturo says, having people that traditionally go to an IETF meeting travel to (for them) far away places and (for them) new cultures, do definitely open their eyes to how large our world is. I think that learning about other parts of the world is

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Hello, On 11/15/12 6:11 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 15/11/2012 03:43, Melinda Shore wrote: We'd reached 50 attendees from China at IETF 63 before we even started seriously negotiating the Beijing meeting. It seems to me that the causality is mainly in the opposite direction:

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Melinda Shore
On 11/15/12 8:47 AM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: I do believe that regions wanting to have an IETF meeting should also give back in terms of active participation, I agree with that. I really think there's an enormous disconnect here. I'm really unclear on how this is supposed to work: if someone

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Note that I didn't say 'give back in terms of attendees' , I wrote 'give back in terms of participation', in my mind, participation *can* be remote, although as I mentioned in an earlier email the IETF needs to improve remote access facilities a lot. However, the perception of almost everyone

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Dave Crocker
On 11/15/2012 9:43 AM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: Comparing with the ITU who does tour the world, organizing workshops in far away places, I really think we should be trying a little harder to be more open. It's important to distinguish between a 'workshop' and a 'working meeting' where

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Tony Hansen
On 11/15/2012 4:45 AM, t.p. wrote: I started, some years ago, with a meeting, because the culture that I was used to was that conferences, be they annual or triannual, were where things really happened and that e-mail filled in the gaps in between (and I think that this remains the case in

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Marc Petit-Huguenin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/15/2012 11:59 AM, Tony Hansen wrote: On 11/15/2012 4:45 AM, t.p. wrote: I started, some years ago, with a meeting, because the culture that I was used to was that conferences, be they annual or triannual, were where things really happened

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Arturo Servin
They are doing a great job, but I wouldn't said that all of that is on IETF behalf. They are there because that is ISOC's mission, not to represent us in the majority of their work. If we want representation, we need to do it ourselves. ISOC would support us, I am sure, but we

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Hi, On 11/15/2012 5:19 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: On 11/15/2012 9:43 AM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: Comparing with the ITU who does tour the world, organizing workshops in far away places, I really think we should be trying a little harder to be more open. It's important to distinguish between

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread John R Levine
Comparing with the ITU who does tour the world, organizing workshops in far away places, I really think we should be trying a little harder to be more open. The IAOC has often noted that holding meetings in more exotic places is considerably more expensive, the hotels and other services just

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread Arturo Servin
On 15/11/2012 21:01, John R Levine wrote: Comparing with the ITU who does tour the world, organizing workshops in far away places, I really think we should be trying a little harder to be more open. The IAOC has often noted that holding meetings in more exotic places is

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-15 Thread John Levine
Shall we move on? Sure. Since we agree that there is no way to pay for the extra costs involved in meeting in places where there are insignificant numbers of IETF participants, it won't happen, and we're done. That was simple, wasn't it?

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
On 11/12/12 6:08 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 11/11/2012 18:06, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: ... ... snip ... There's no doubt that personal attendance is the best way to get a full understanding of how the IETF works, but remote participation is supposed to work. I fully agree. However,

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Stephen Farrell
On 11/14/2012 04:48 PM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: I've had much better remote participation experiences in other conferences than I've had with the IETF. Can you provide pointers? Ta, S.

REMOTE PARTICIPATION TEMPLATES: was Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread tglassey
On 11/14/2012 8:48 AM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: On 11/12/12 6:08 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 11/11/2012 18:06, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: ... ... snip ... There's no doubt that personal attendance is the best way to get a full understanding of how the IETF works, but remote participation

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 14/11/2012 17:00, Stephen Farrell wrote: Can you provide pointers? Lots of meetings (e.g. ixp meetings, etc) do live video, although I'd accept that not that many meetings have as many parallel tracks as IETF. RIPE meetings provide both live video streaming and live stenography (they use

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Nov 12, 2012, at 19:09, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: Some people believe that the presence of an IETF meeting serves as a kind of recruitment marketing to a region, for IETF participation. Beyond the single-meeting boost in 'local' attendance, I believe we have no data

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Sure! - ICANN (Adobe Connect, so far the best I've experienced) - Various training webinars, both as an attendee and as instructor using the training edition of WebEx - NANOG's video feeds are very good, although I don't recall the platform they use (I'm sure someone will point us to it) - Our

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Dave Crocker
On 11/14/2012 9:34 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: (Another aspect beyond capturing regular attendees, of course, is gaining local mindshare and relevance. I believe I understand the concepts that are meant by such language. But I do not know what you mean, with respect to the IETF. I

Re: Newcomers

2012-11-14 Thread Sam Hartman
Carlos == Carlos M Martinez carlosm3...@gmail.com writes: Carlos Sure! - ICANN (Adobe Connect, so far the best I've Carlos experienced) I had my first Adobe connect experience today. I care a lot more about accessibility than most participants do. On this metric Adobe Connect seems

Accessible remote participation usability (was -- Re: Newcomers)

2012-11-14 Thread Dave Crocker
On 11/14/2012 12:53 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: I had my first Adobe connect experience today. I care a lot more about accessibility than most participants do. On this metric Adobe Connect seems to score very badly. Sam, it could be quite helpful for you to suggest factors that you find

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Arturo Servin
Dave On 14/11/2012 17:59, Dave Crocker wrote: On 11/14/2012 9:34 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: (Another aspect beyond capturing regular attendees, of course, is gaining local mindshare and relevance. I believe I understand the concepts that are meant by such language. But I do not know

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Melinda Shore
On 11/14/12 4:23 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: Agree. But also people (and perhaps organisations, that also are serious participants) in Latin America, Africa, and some parts of Asia has less income than their counterparts in North America. Some of the people from those places do serious

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Arturo Servin
Melinda, On 14/11/2012 23:55, Melinda Shore wrote: On 11/14/12 4:23 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: Agree. But also people (and perhaps organisations, that also are serious participants) in Latin America, Africa, and some parts of Asia has less income than their counterparts in North America.

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Melinda Shore
On 11/14/12 5:55 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: My opinion is that being more open and international make us a better standarization body and today the IETF is not doing enough. We're a bunch of nerds, and I think that it would help if you could be more specific about the problem you're

Re: Newcomers [Was: Evolutionizing the IETF]

2012-11-14 Thread Arturo Servin
Melinda, My point is beyond about venues. But answering your question in how moving venues could help. Diversity. Going to other places would help bring people from other backgrounds, different ideas, new ways of thinking, break paradigms, etc. People that in

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