Re: I-D "Unwritten Rules and Values of the IETF" (Mentoring)

[Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice job.

I'd say, however, that this paints a very rosy picture of the IETF.  Maybe that's aspirational.  Understanding why one is in the room in the first place, and why others are in the room is an important success factor.  I think the draft actually does a pretty good job of explaining why without actually stating it as such ;-)

Eliot

On 12/15/15 7:29 PM, nalini.elkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello all,

I have just posted an I-D "Unwritten Rules and Values of the IETF".

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-elkins-ietf-unwritten-rules-values/

I feel that having something like this will be of quite a bit of help to new people at the IETF, in particular, the mentees in the IETF mentoring program.

We would very much like to start the discussion and get consensus, if possible!

In the interests of not clogging up the IETF main list, if you would like to discuss, please register and comment on the mentoring email list.  Love to have your thoughts!

This is the list for mentoring discussions: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-mentoring-discuss 

The abstract of this I-D is below:

Abstract 

The intent of this document is to speed up the process by which someone new to the IETF, can understand the objectives, fathom the environment, comprehend the culture, learn to navigate the problems, overcome the obstacles, and become a more productive IETF participant, in a shorter amount of time. Further, this document is intended to pass along the learning and experiences of people who have absorbed these values, perhaps in a much longer amount of time and with much greater effort and even hardship.  

Thanks,

Nalini Elkins

IETF Mentoring Program

Inside Products, Inc.
www.insidethestack.com
(831) 659-8360

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature