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, maybe at a future > meeting? I am happy to help if I can. I'm sorry, but no, I am not comfortable with this. If someone wants to go off on their own and do something along these lines, more power to them, but we have working group charters, we've got framework documents, and presumably people can read. 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. I've participated remotely quite a bit and I do think that having the newcomers session available to remote participants would be a big win (and there's something that I think it would be helpful to record on video and make available on Youtube or some such). It may be the case over the longer term that we've got so many newer participants who won't adapt to the IETF's working style that the IETF will need to become more like other standards bodies to accommodate them, but I don't think we're there yet and I would be sorry to see working meetings turned into conferences. People who attend should be participants, not audience. Melinda