Minutes interim-2020-edu-01: Thu 15:00
minutes-interim-2020-edu-01-202010291500-00

Reviewed agenda.

Greg Woods, Director of Communications and Operations. (Slides to be posted
here.) As part of rethinking EMO-Dir, Greg is working on what resources/tooling
are needed to help WGchairs. Recommendations for also covering other things,
like code points, ombudsteam stuff, etc. But support organic WG behavior, since
WG’s differ.

Lessons learned/challenges for running more productive working groups,
discussion led by Karen Discussion of gendispatch challenges on the “language
issues” drafts. Interims with video help damper heated email-only discussions
Iterims require more chair work, but help the WG keep progressing; it’s more
than just scheduling It’s hard to do this, not sure we’re getting newcomers as
much as we used to Interpreting silence is hard – do folks agree or are they
not paying attention? Pre-pandemic we could push contentious/hard things to
F2F, can’t do that now and interims aren’t good; gendispatch did more active
mailing list management

Maybe a separate session/discussion about multiple timezones?
“Sleepy” groups are more likely to disenfranchise other parts of the world
(wherever), slow things down to allow global input Velocity overall might be an
issue (e.g., github participation)

Is WGChairs forum still worth doing? We have shorter tutorials now.
Good to meet F2F
Maybe meet outside IETF to avoid another lunch slot being taken?
Virtual could facilitate longer discussions

EMO dir
Discussion of current structure; new leadership might want to shift things
around a bit. Thoughts on other audiences? No mention in newcomers training
about dispute handling. Welcome slide feedback any time (to be posted to this
list shortly)  Focus is on making the week successful for newcomers (one hour
now, not two [no history e.g.]) Add “feel comfortable escalating to WG chair or
AD if something is going pear-shaped” to newcomer’s preso Perhaps not enough
escalations means shyness, not that everything is okay. Input that AD’s should
do more mentoring/oversight of WG chairs as more of an AD focus (adding to the
full-time job)