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