Hi Ted, Spencer
[I am merging my replies for convenience]
At 18:51 12-04-2013, Ted Lemon wrote:
Are they really that hard to get to know? A number of them are
participating in this conversation. It's certainly hard to get time
to sit with them at IETF meetings. I don't know what the workload
is like for IAB members, but I think I worked at least an 80 hour
week in Orlando.
It's not that hard to get to meet an IAB member. However, they have
a busy workload which makes it difficult to meet them for a
chat. Speaking for myself, I have not had any difficult meeting a
few IAB members. I do not assume that the average IETF participant
will get to know them.
At 20:10 12-04-2013, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
It happens that SM grabbed me for at least one extended conversation
in the hallway in Orlando (he grabbed me for several conversations,
but not all of them lasted half an hour), and I found that
conversation very helpful from my side.
I found the conversation helpful too.
Finally - there are people on the IAB with fabulous social skills,
but I'm not one of them. If someone needs to spend time picking my
brain, I usually do have multiple meals open during IETF week.
I think that you are underestimating your skills. :-) I would have
spent that half an hour chatting with you even if you weren't an IAB member.
Regards,
-sm