Re: Mentoring Electronic Participants [was Invitation to request an IETF mentor]

2013-07-22 Thread Jari Arkko
Hector, You raise an important point - and one that isn't just about mentoring, but the overall approach in our ability to involve more remote participation. We have and will continue to improve the facilities to improve the remote participation experience. Looking back, one big change in the w

Re: Mentoring Electronic Participants [was Invitation to request an IETF mentor]

2013-07-21 Thread Fred Baker
On Jul 20, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Hector Santos wrote: > What generally happens when an individual I-D is submitted? Is there an > overseer of the submissions and decides there is something that interest the > IETF? Hmm. Define "IETF". It is in some sense an organization (I call it a "disorgani

Re: Mentoring Electronic Participants [was Invitation to request an IETF mentor]

2013-07-21 Thread Pete Resnick
On 7/20/13 10:47 AM, Hector Santos wrote: I was somewhat hoping to see more done in the mentor area of assisting electronic participants. Of coarse, this sort of electronic mentoring it could include an end goal to get folks more involved with the IETF directly, i.e. go to meetings, become lead

Re: Mentoring Electronic Participants [was Invitation to request an IETF mentor]

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Haberman
Hi Hector, On 7/20/13 11:47 AM, Hector Santos wrote: Overall, I think the IETF has a marketing problem addressing its #1 customer base - electronic participants. By this term, I assume (based on later text) you mean remote participants... I was somewhat hoping to see more done in the mentor