Re: [Mentoring-coordinators] Mentoring introductions

[Fred Baker <[e-mail]>]

Thanks Wes. Hi Kevin.

What is your schedule coming to Montreal? I will be landing (UA 8338, operated by Air Canada) Saturday around 18:00, and probably be at the Fairmont by 19:00. If you give me your phone number, I can text you when I arrive and we can meet for dinner/drinks. Mine is [phone].

You, I take it, are at UCSB. I live near the north end of Fairview, on Via Del Rey. Yes, I have some exciting photos of this weekend's events and the aftermath. The good news is that my home isn't among the 13 destroyed - Via Del Rey is the road next over, and while we had fire coming through the orchards, we aren't included in the "100 acres destroyed". We had three fire teams working on the house, and they were successful. We did lose a bunch of avocado trees.

Wes says you're interested in ACME (https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/acme/charter/) and IPv6 (presumably 6man and v6ops). If you're not yet on the lists for those, the charter will tell you how to join, and I would recommend doing so if you plan to be involved in the working groups. The IETF agenda is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/agenda/. It has ACME meeting for 2.5 hours Tuesday afternoon, but the posted agenda is almost vacuous. I would suggest that you see the attached raw agenda data (which is in a format that helps me in planning my working group agendas), and plan to read the updated working group documents and draft-sheffer-acme-star-request. I think the "main" ACME document listed in the working group agenda is draft-ietf-acme-acme; it would be good to also read that, although it has left the working group and is being discussed by the IESG.

Do attend the tutorials on Sunday, and the Newcomer's reception. I'll be able to introduce you to working group chairs of interest.

6man meets Monday morning, and v6ops (which I co-chair) meets Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. The agenda for each is available from https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/agenda/, and I would suggest you become familiar with the drafts listed in them. 

Open to questions in email, but frankly I think we will do just as well to meet in Montreal. We'll be there shortly.

> On Jul 12, 2018, at 3:15 AM, Wes Hardaker <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear Kevin Borgolte and Fred Baker,
> 
> Welcome to the mentoring programme! In this programme we aim to
> facilitate knowledge transfer between experienced IETF-ers and new
> participants in the community. The IETF is not your typical
> organization so some help along the way might help you make your
> landing a bit smoother, so you will stay with us longer!
> 
> It is my pleasure to introduce you to each other. Fred Baker has kindly
> offered to be Kevin Borgolte's mentor for IETF102. Kevin Borgolte has
> expressed a specific interest in ACME + partially IPv6.
> 
> The mentorship aims to have three parts: 
> 
> 0. Introduction conversations before the meeting
> 1. Face to face meeting at the beginning of the meeting
> 2. Check-in during the week.
> 
> It would be great if you could meet early in the week and discuss
> questions, interests, and 'how-to-get-things-done' in the IETF,
> and perhaps have a follow-up during the week to check-in whether
> there are any questions.  Hopefully you'll both have the chance
> to attend the newcomer's meet-and-greet on Sunday at 16:00.
> 
> You both have the responsibility to make meetings between you happen,
> but it would be great if the mentor would take the lead in setting up
> the first meeting.
> 
> As mentee it would help if you follow your interests within the IETF:
> Ask the mentor what you think you need to make the meeting a
> success. The mentor is there to help you, but the mentor likely also
> knows many things that "you don't know you need to know"!
> 
> Good topics of conversation include the IETF toolchain, the meeting
> agenda, the IETF app, how to use jabber rooms, the IETF document
> datatracker (where all Internet Drafts, Working Group and Research
> Group agenda's and RFCs can be found), and more! Much of this info can
> also be found in the Tao of the IETF at https://ietf.org/tao .
> 
> Specific questions about your favorite topics of interest are wise to
> discuss such as: relevant working groups or research groups, relevant
> authors, working group chairs and area directors.  You might want to
> discuss trending issues in the upcoming meetings (also check the ISOC
> "rough guides" in the IETF journal)
> 
> Please let us if there is any way in which we can support your
> interactions.  Please mail any questions you have to
> [e-mail].
> 
> Best,
> Wes and Niels
> Mentoring Program Leaders