RE: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread l.wood
David, Kudos on writing this up. The community would imo benefit from this experience being put into an internet draft with a view to informational RFC, for wider visibility. Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 04:41:43PM -0400, David Harrington wrote: Hi, Many

Re: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread Jari Arkko
Thanks for describing this, David. I found it very useful and enlightening. Jari On Mar 12, 2013, at 4:41 PM, David Harrington dbharring...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, Many suggestions have been made about ways to resolve the issue of finding suitable candidates for TSV Area Director, or

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
I agree. However, it will be helpful to know how many newcomers do participate in their related WGs, and how do WG Chairs work close with thoes newcomers, to bring more new people. Is their opportunities for newcomers to join the work as co-editors in the group or they are still newcomers and no

Re: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread Eliot Lear
Dave, Thank you for sharing your experiences in such an open way, and for your long and dedicated service to the Internet community. Eliot On 3/12/13 4:41 PM, David Harrington wrote: Hi, Many suggestions have been made about ways to resolve the issue of finding suitable candidates for TSV

Re: Thoughts from a past experimental Nomcom selection for TSV Area Director

2013-03-14 Thread Ralph Droms
On Mar 14, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Eliot Lear l...@cisco.com wrote: Dave, Thank you for sharing your experiences in such an open way, and for your long and dedicated service to the Internet community. Eliot Unequivocally and enthusiastically +1 - Ralph On 3/12/13 4:41 PM, David

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Mary Barnes
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:23 PM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: Hi, Two suggestions that seemed easier to send in email than to stand in the mic line that I'd encourage people to think about... (1) I've found the Newcomer's Meet-and-Greet very useful in finding newcomers I want to

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the overlap between Sunday tutorials and this event. I think that needs to be

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Mary Barnes
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Loa Andersson
All, This is the agenda for Sunday: 1000-1200 EDTIEPG Meeting - Caribbean 4 1100-1900 EDTIETF Registration - Caribbean Registration 1300-1450 EDTIEEE 802.1Q - Caribbean 5 1300-1450 EDTNewcomers' Orientation - Caribbean 4 1500-1650 EDTIAOC Overview Session - Caribbean 6

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 3/14/2013 7:30 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the overlap between Sunday tutorials and

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Mary Barnes
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Loa Andersson l...@pi.nu wrote: All, This is the agenda for Sunday: 1000-1200 EDTIEPG Meeting - Caribbean 4 1100-1900 EDTIETF Registration - Caribbean Registration 1300-1450 EDTIEEE 802.1Q - Caribbean 5 1300-1450 EDTNewcomers' Orientation -

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Mary Barnes
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Spencer Dawkins spen...@wonderhamster.org wrote: On 3/14/2013 7:30 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote: Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
Thanks for that Mary. Looks like you have found an issue that has crept in. Certainly now on my list for the schedule planning for Berlin. I was *sure* that when the IAOC session was being planned we set bounds that this must stop before the newbies welcome because both the newcomers *and*

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Scott Brim
On 03/14/13 08:23, Mary Barnes allegedly wrote: One question I have is whether there isn't a list for newcomers to ask questions that some of us can be on to help them before they get to the meeting? like

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread John C Klensin
(removing the separate copy to the IESG -- ADs who are interested can presumably follow this thread) --On Thursday, 14 March, 2013 07:23 -0500 Mary Barnes mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:23 PM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: ... (1) I've found the

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 3/14/2013 7:53 AM, John C Klensin wrote: (2) Our newcomers model doesn't distinguish likely long-term participants from tourists. I think we should be welcoming to the tourists but, in terms of, e.g., scarce mentoring resources, spending time on them is a bad optimization. In addition

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Dave Crocker
On 3/14/2013 8:49 AM, Scott Brim wrote: On 03/14/13 08:23, Mary Barnes allegedly wrote: One question I have is whether there isn't a list for newcomers to ask questions that some of us can be on to help them before they get to the meeting? like +1 And well advertised on one or more IETF

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Adrian Farrel
FWIW, the IETF home page has a link (top left) for Chat Live with the IETF Community In the 6 months that I used to turn up there regularly, I saw very few other people, but did handle a couple of relatively newbie questions. I offer this only as a data point to inform subsequent work. Adrian

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Lou Berger
I think such a list is a great idea. Perhaps it would be good to have this available as a 'safe place' for any (newbie, twobie or whatever) to ask questions, and just call it a 'mentors' list... Lou On March 14, 2013 9:13:15 AM Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 3/14/2013 8:49 AM,

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 14 March, 2013 07:41 -0500 Mary Barnes mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com wrote: [MB] It would be interesting to know then how many newcomers check in on Sunday versus Monday morning. Maybe we could move the Meet 'n Greet til later in the week (maybe Wed. pm in place of WG chairs

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Eggert, Lars
Hi, I sent the following proposal to Alissa yesterday after she spoke on the mike: What if we created an ietf-mentors list that all newcomers were auto-subscribed to. Those of us who want to mentor send a brief description of who they are and what they work on to the list, and the newcomers

RE: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Pat Thaler
At my first meeting, I wasn't able to arrive on Sunday. At that point, I was mainly following work in one working group that was meeting mid-week. At later meetings, I wasn't a newcomer any more so I never attended a Newcomer meet and greet. That is probably pretty common. Pat -Original

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Ted Lemon
I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and chairs can strategically invite a few return attendees (but fewer than newcomers so they don't get crowded

Call for Comment: 'Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols'

2013-03-14 Thread Dave Crocker
Apologies for my sending this after the deadline. I hope the comments are still usable... Review of:Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols I-D: draft-iab-privacy-considerations-07.txt Reviewed by: D. Crocker Review date: 14 March 2013 Summary: The document

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3/14/13 10:03 AM, Ted Lemon wrote: I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and chairs can

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Alexey Melnikov
On 14/03/2013 13:41, John C Klensin wrote: --On Thursday, 14 March, 2013 07:41 -0500 Mary Barnes mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com wrote: [MB] It would be interesting to know then how many newcomers check in on Sunday versus Monday morning. Maybe we could move the Meet 'n Greet til later in the week

RE: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
I like it a lot! Starting with IETF-87 I will reserve a breakfast slot for the WG I am co-chairing and invite (in advance, the week before the meeting) the new attendees interested in this WG to attend. Regards. Dan -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Mary Barnes
That's a really good idea! Mary. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: And well advertised on one or more IETF web pages. We can also give newbies information when they register, and have the registration folks call their attention to it. It's a five-second thing when handing them their

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 14/03/2013 12:30, Adrian Farrel wrote: Mary, I need to check but... [MB] What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet. I have to wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the overlap between Sunday tutorials

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Yoav Nir
On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and chairs can strategically invite a

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 14 March, 2013 14:03 + Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and chairs can strategically

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3/14/13 10:30 AM, Yoav Nir wrote: On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Donald Eastlake
Possibly attendance at the newcomers meeting would be something that you could do just once but could be deferred to a later meeting you attend if you miss on the first one for any reasons. Thanks, Donald = Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Richardson
Ted == Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com writes: Ted I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs Ted to have working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP Ted required) where newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs Ted and chairs can strategically invite

RE: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 14 March, 2013 14:07 + Romascanu, Dan (Dan) droma...@avaya.com wrote: I like it a lot! Starting with IETF-87 I will reserve a breakfast slot for the WG I am co-chairing and invite (in advance, the week before the meeting) the new attendees interested in this WG to

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: There's over 100 working groups, and about 5 slots, because lunch is often busy for WG chairs (*DIR this, and tutorial that, and design team the other). So where would you hold 25 parallel breakfast meetings? How would we ever

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Mar 14, 2013, at 8:49 AM, Scott Brim s...@internet2.edu wrote: On 03/14/13 08:23, Mary Barnes allegedly wrote: One question I have is whether there isn't a list for newcomers to ask questions that some of us can be on to help them before they get to the meeting? like Yes, like One

RE: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
-Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Yoav Nir Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:30 PM To: Ted Lemon Cc: John C Klensin; adr...@olddog.co.uk; IETF-Discussion list; The IESG Subject: Re: Mentoring On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:03

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Seiichi Kawamura
I cannot belive that I'm seeing this thread on an IETF list. I run a NOG, and we've been through this many times and we're alread over it. Don't call them 'newbies'. Don't think that having the chairs or whatevers talk to new comers on sunday mornings will make them happy and increase their

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread aservin
On 14-03-2013 06:46, Eggert, Lars wrote: Hi, I sent the following proposal to Alissa yesterday after she spoke on the mike: What if we created an ietf-mentors list that all newcomers were auto-subscribed to. Those of us who want to mentor send a brief description of who they are and what

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Seiichi Kawamura kawamu...@mesh.ad.jp wrote: Don't call them 'newbies'. The term is not meant to be offensive—I'm sorry that it came off that way. All of us are newbies from time to time as we wander through the various working groups in the IETF. I became a

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread aservin
Good idea, but do not constrict it to WG only. Also include people from the IAB, IESG, draft authors and some random people. Also pick a topic of interest, let the mentors to lead and encourage the discussion. Regards, as On 14-03-2013 07:05, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: -BEGIN PGP

RE: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
I personally believe that while strongly recommending to the WG chairs to adopt the concept we should leave the implementation up to each of them without much formalization and process building. Let us not forget that we will have a variety of WGs from large WGs meeting the first time with a

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Hector Santos
Anything along the lines of mentoring the virtual world of IETF participants? :) Mr. Klensin, if it wasn't for you, I would of probably lost interest in the IETF long ago. You have reached out and assisted in more ways you should be made aware it was very much needed and welcomed. Thank you.

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Ted Lemon
On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) droma...@avaya.com wrote: I personally believe that while strongly recommending to the WG chairs to adopt the concept we should leave the implementation up to each of them without much formalization and process building. Let us not forget

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
These are some cool ideas, and I think we need to try some or all of them. I'm happy to support a newcomers list if we do that, as well as the development of the informational packet for newcomers. I also like the billeting notion; if I were to be paired up with a newcomer, something like meeting

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Richardson
Ted == Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com writes: I personally believe that while strongly recommending to the WG chairs to adopt the concept we should leave the implementation up to each of them without much formalization and process building. Let us not forget that we will

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Murray S. Kucherawy
I haven't observed that many newcomers at the newcomer meet-and-greet. They seem to be overwhelmed (numerically) by the ADs+chairs that go, which is reinforced by ADs+chairs using it as a taking-care-of-business opportunity as John observed. So, also along the much as I like free beer, maybe it

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Eggert, Lars
Hi, On Mar 14, 2013, at 16:26, Murray S. Kucherawy superu...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't observed that many newcomers at the newcomer meet-and-greet. They seem to be overwhelmed (numerically) by the ADs+chairs that go, which is reinforced by ADs+chairs using it as a taking-care-of-business

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Brian Haberman
On 3/14/13 4:31 PM, Eggert, Lars wrote: Hi, On Mar 14, 2013, at 16:26, Murray S. Kucherawy superu...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't observed that many newcomers at the newcomer meet-and-greet. They seem to be overwhelmed (numerically) by the ADs+chairs that go, which is reinforced by ADs+chairs

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Spencer Dawkins
On 3/14/2013 3:07 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: As to the newcomer meet and greet... I actually think we got it a bit backwards. I think that WG chairs should be uninvited. (as much as I like free beer). Rather, I think that the newcomer meet and greet (and free beer) should follow the

Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Richardson
Spencer == Spencer Dawkins spen...@wonderhamster.org writes: As to the newcomer meet and greet... I actually think we got it a bit backwards. I think that WG chairs should be uninvited. (as much as I like free beer). Rather, I think that the newcomer meet and greet (and

Weekly posting summary for ietf@ietf.org

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CORRECTED Protocol Action: 'Applicability Statement: DNS Security (DNSSEC) DNSKEY Algorithm Implementation Status' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-algo-imp-status-04.txt)

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RFC 6894 on Methodology for Benchmarking MPLS Traffic Engineered (MPLS-TE) Fast Reroute Protection

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RFC 6885 on Stringprep Revision and Problem Statement for the Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings (PRECIS)

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