Re: The Next Generation

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Rob,
At 05:35 PM 03-09-2019, Rob Sayre wrote:
>I noticed there were some parts of the last IETF meeting (105) that 
>were sparsely attended. And, the attendees of those meetings tended 
>to be [removed]. There's nothing wrong with that: no one chooses 
>their [removed].
>
>Although there is value in experience, maybe the IETF should work to 
>hand off some duties to more diverse younger people.
>
>As a start, I propose identifying some current groups that could be 
>better-handled by

My reading of the relevant rules is that the message which I am 
sending is off-topic for this mailing list.  For what it is worth, 
one of the points in your message (re. newcomers) was discussed [1] 
on this mailing list about a decade ago.

There has been various proposals over the years about 
newcomers.  Those proposals do not set a metric for success.  Some 
time ago, I chose a number as part of an effort to get new people 
interested in working for free.  I reached half that number at the 
end of that endeavor.  Based on that, I would describe the venture as 
a failure.

The person selecting people for the various roles is the Area 
Director.  It is his/her responsibility to assess whether the Area is 
attracting new people and whether there aren't any obstacles which 
prevent or discourage those new people from staying around.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy

1. https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/SEoPG4pfQVqTtidnvBx5myNcUCU