Trimming to just one point: On 08/11/2013 08:43, S Moonesamy wrote: >> "Working Group meetings run on a very limited time >> schedule, and are not intended for the education of individuals. >> The work of the group will continue on the mailing list, and >> questions can be asked and answered on the list." > > I'll comment as an individual. This was a thread at > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/diversity/current/msg00209.html The > "not intended for the education of individuals" can be read in various > ways. I understand that there is a time constraint. If there are five > new persons, each taking one minute, at the microphone I see that as > five new persons feeling comfortable to participate in the IETF. One of > the points in the slide at > http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/53/slides/plenary-3/sld016.htm is "grow > other people". Is it worthwhile to spend the five minutes of a working > group session on new participants? My answer is yes. Fair enough. But people do need to respect the shortage of time. How about "Working Group meetings run on a very limited time schedule, and sometimes participants have to limit their questions. The work of the group will continue on the mailing list, and questions can be asked and answered on the list." Brian