Re: IETF Diversity

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On 6/19/13 9:36 AM, Brian Haberman wrote:
> On 6/19/13 11:31 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > On 6/19/13 9:26 AM, Brian Haberman wrote:
> > > On 6/19/13 11:08 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> > >
> > > > My point, poorly expressed though it was, is that it's not
> > > > productive for us all to wait from word on high before taking
> > > > positive action. Members of the IESG, IAB, IOAC, or any other
> > > > "official" body are just folks who are temporarily serving
> > > > the community in a defined role. If we want to change the
> > > > culture of our community with respect to diversity, it's
> > > > better for us to work to encourage, nurture, and mentor
> > > > particular individuals.
> > > To help facilitate the mentoring aspect, there will be a call
> > > soon for volunteers to act as mentors for newcomers (starting
> > > with IETF 87). Once the web page for the mentoring program with
> > > all the information is up, you should be seeing a call for
> > > mentors.
> > >
> > > We hope that this type of program will aid in assisting newer
> > > members of the IETF community become more involved and
> > > productive in our activities.
> > That's great!
> >
> > However, why do we need to wait for a program? Can't we simply be
> > human, introduce ourselves to new participants, reach out to
> > individual contributors about becoming document shepherds,
> > document editors, WG secretaries, WG chairs, BoF chairs, etc.?
> > That's what I've been doing, and so far the results have been
> > positive.
> I would highly encourage people taking that initiative and
> appreciate folks who do that of their own accord.
>
> > I'm not saying that's the only way to make progress, but I see it
> > as very much worth the effort.
> Absolutely agree.  The goal of this experimental mentoring program
> is to provide people who may not be sure *how* to be mentors a
> framework to work within.
That sounds quite helpful! I'm not completely sure how to be a mentor,
either, I'm just doing the best I can given what I know so far...

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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