Re: [vmeet] regional mailing lists

[Alia Atlas <[e-mail]>]

It's a fine question and I don't have a certain answer.
I see that there are two purposes to these lists.  The
first is to encourage informal periodic and in-person
(as well as on-list) interactions.  The second is to support
the creation of remote hubs during actual IETF meetings.

The hope would be to provide support for people involved
in IETF and perhaps encourage crystallization and development
of new ideas and drafts.

I think that it is helpful to have the name describe a major city, since
that can help clarify where the focus of such social or remote hub events
might be.

In that vein, I'd be surprised by someone driving down from Maine or Vermont
to go to a social event, though they might for a day of a remote hub.

There's also the question posed by Phillip about the idea of having a
mailing list focused towards academics.

I'm not sure that we can have a definitive answer without experimentation
and what makes sense may change.

Regards,
Alia


On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Alia Atlas <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > To assist in growing community in different locations and supporting
>     > the creation of remote hubs, I've approved a couple requests for
>     > mailing lists.
>     > ietf-hub-boston and
>     > ietf-hub-bangalore
>
> How wide should these lists be?
> You have two large cities there... I wonder if "boston" should be
> considered
> "new-england" (Maine,Vermont,NH,RI..)?
>
> In my neck of the woods, I suggest we might want something like:
>       ietf-hub-eastern-canada
>
> (which actually does not really include New Brunswick,NS,PEI or NFLD,
> which are considered "Atlantic Canada"...)
>
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