Re: [vmeet] Remote Hubs: Terminology

2017-02-09 Thread nalini.elkins
>> We can call them "Meeting Hubs" and "Community Hubs" > ​One might question the use of the word hub altogether in the latter case. > "persistent local group" = > "group" and/or "local" or even PLG? I rather like that. "Persistent" is an important component. And, "local group" describes

Re: [vmeet] Remote Hubs : Existing Internet Drafts

2017-02-02 Thread nalini.elkins
Christian, > Problems are different (we don’t care if the WG sessions are boring, > decisions on consensus are difficult, is it appropriate to have the main > discussions, presentations and Q on the remote hub vs the real meeting?, > etc) To elaborate a bit on your point: 1. So far remote

[vmeet] Remote Hubs in Somalia, Sudan and Libya

2017-01-30 Thread nalini.elkins
Hello All, I wanted to reach out to the community in Africa, especially those who may be in the countries affected by the visa ban to the United States: Somalia, Sudan and Libya.   There are quite a few people in the IETF community who are concerned about your ability to participate in the

Re: [vmeet] Making remote hubs more formal, more complete, and more integrated

2017-01-29 Thread nalini.elkins
> For obvious reasons, there is some renewed/increased interest in use of > remote hubs for IETF meetings.  Although there has been quite a bit of > activity with hubs in recent years, I believe the expectations and > requirements for them have been kept informal (and possibly > idiosyncratic,

[vmeet] Remote Mentoring: Internet Draft Review Teams

2016-04-14 Thread nalini.elkins
All, The IETF Mentoring Team is starting a new initiative to form teams to review Internet Drafts together. You may sign up at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Z8KD8GB The purpose of Internet Draft review teams is to provide a way for people to get started posting to the email list for an

Re: [vmeet] [Mentoring-coordinators] Remote Attendance: Simultaneous Translation Software

2016-04-10 Thread nalini.elkins
John, Points well taken! The remote mentoring actually will develop as a result of a number of the other initiatives that we are doing (I think!). But, I am a pretty trashed at this point. Just got home. So, will get back on in a week or so. Thanks, Nalini Elkins Inside Products, Inc.

Re: [vmeet] Remote Attendance: Simultaneous Translation Software

2016-04-10 Thread nalini.elkins
John, I saw that you posted much of this into the other thread. I like Dhruv's idea of getting the English right first. And, we may want technology that is not quite there yet. But, in any case, let's let the other thread discuss this & we can stop this one. Thanks, Nalini Elkins Inside

Re: [vmeet] [Mentoring-coordinators] Remote Attendance: Simultaneous Translation Software

2016-04-09 Thread nalini.elkins
I was thinking simultaneous interpretation as in ICANN meetings. Although, translation of meeting materials is certainly a great first step. Of course, people need to get their foils into the WG chair more than 3 days in advance. What I have seen (please let me know your experience), is

Re: [vmeet] [Mentoring-coordinators] Remote Attendance: Simultaneous Translation Software

2016-04-09 Thread nalini.elkins
I was thinking simultaneous interpretation as in ICANN meetings. Although, translation of meeting materials is certainly a great first step. Of course, people need to get their foils into the WG chair more than 3 days in advance. What I have seen (please let me know your experience), is

Re: [vmeet] regional mailing lists

2016-03-19 Thread nalini.elkins
Alia, This is great!    We are working with the IETF Secretariat in hopes of creating a web page on the IETF site for remote hub info. Will keep all of you posted as to what transpires. BTW, Thursday, April 7 in Buenos Aires, there will be a meeting 8:30-9:30am to discuss Remote Hubs.  Will let

Re: [vmeet] Quick post-meeting thoughts

2015-11-08 Thread nalini.elkins
People have talked about using the recorded sessions as a point of discussion at the remote hub meetings.  Then they can post to the list for that group.   As far as things going wrong, what I told my teenage daughter is 'remember, anything that CAN go wrong, WILL go wrong - and it will happen

Re: [vmeet] Bar BOF for Remote Hubs : Room Change

2015-11-04 Thread nalini.elkins
It is 6:14am our time in Yokohama. I will be heading over to the site about 7:00am & get there about 7:30am. Then, let's check in again. Thanks, Nalini Elkins Inside Products, Inc. www.insidethestack.com (831) 659-8360 - Original Message - From: Paul Kyzivat

Re: [vmeet] Final Agenda / Room Assignment : Remote Hub Bar BOF

2015-10-27 Thread nalini.elkins
Alexa, thanks so much for your help. John, thanks for bringing up the issue. Thanks, Nalini Elkins Inside Products, Inc. www.insidethestack.com (831) 659-8360 - Original Message - From: Alexa Morris To: John C Klensin Cc:

Re: [vmeet] Final Agenda / Room Assignment : Remote Hub Bar BOF

2015-10-27 Thread nalini.elkins
Thanks, Simon! Nalini ElkinsInside Products, Inc.www.insidethestack.com(831) 659-8360 From: Simon Pietro Romano To: John C Klensin ; nalini.elk...@insidethestack.com Cc: vmeet@ietf.org Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [vmeet]

[vmeet] Remote Hub Bar BOF

2015-10-21 Thread nalini.elkins
Hello All, We want to do a small meeting at IETF94 - a Bar BOF to discuss the idea of Remote Hubs.  (I am still waiting for the room assignment) but the time will be Thursday, Nov. 5th 7:45am-8:45am.  Please let me know if you are interested. Issues --- 1.  Many people cannot afford to

Re: [vmeet] Remote Hub Bar BOF

2015-10-21 Thread nalini.elkins
>As the author of the IETFers iPhone/iPad app >(http://www.itunes.com/app/ietfers), I would be really interested in any >feature requests that would facilitate this work. With a mobile device >that >is location aware, it may be able to assist in meetups or determining remote >hub locations.