Re: Tricky cross-area topics

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Mon, 07 October 2019 06:43 UTC

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Comments: In-reply-to Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> message dated "Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:44:38 -0400."
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Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> wrote:
    >> 
    >> Joel M. Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com> wrote: > Michael, you seem to be
    >> mixing several things.  Using the shepherding > job to help train
    >> folks is something I have seen discussed in several > places, anbd
    >> tried to do.
    >> 
    >> Have we codified it all yet? I don't think so.

    > I don’t think we really need to codify it - I think it's just in the
    > common lore category.

I'd like it to move up to "obscurely written lore" category; perhaps with a
discussion about pro/con....

    > As an AD, I've found that non-chair shepherd write ups are variable in
    > terms of quality, but generally better than chair done ones -- but
    > whatever the case, having the write up done by a participant is my
    > preference as it provides people a chance to see doing things like
    > chairing isn't scary, takes some load off the chairs, and also provides
    > an extra view point.

That's pretty much my reasoning.

    > W apologies for typos - typing one handed on phone as I'm sitting in
    > urgent care - I cut my thumb open... :-(

And that's the reason to make sure you have three or four fingers (thumbs) on
two hands initialized for fingerprint unlock of phones :-)

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