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scott <surfer@mauigateway.com> Sun, 18 April 2021 20:15 UTC

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On 4/16/2021 7:43 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
> preparation. I know we keep telling the world that the IETF is "not
> a conference" and that "people come here to work," but I see no harm
> in simply exploring what the IETF is all about and then perhaps
> getting involved in a particular effort after some time, after
> having attended a few meetings, and most of all after having made
> friends and even discovered who to avoid! :-)

This is a good idea.  I did the tourist thing when IETF came to Hawaii 5 
years or so back.  I learned a lot about how IETF works outside the emails.

scott

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