WG Chairs training (Re: modest suggestion for how to proceed)

Ted Hardie hardie at qualcomm.com
Thu Mar 27 10:04:34 CET 2003


Comment in-line.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 11:25 PM, Harald Tveit Alvestrand 
wrote:

> there are actually more hairs to this dog too....
>
> instituting training can be based on two different theories:
>
> - Training a pool of people so that they are available for work when 
> needed
> - Training people who are already working so that they work better
>
> The first one requires that there is time enough between training and 
> the onset of work; it also implies (at least hints strongly) that one 
> should record the dossiers of people so that one knows who has 
> received training and which have not.
>
> The second one imposes no such requirement, but requires us to live 
> with active working group chairs who have no training (didn't get it 
> yet) and working group chairs that have their own ideas on how to work 
> (because they've got experience with what things have worked for 
> them); the appropriate training methods may be thought of as dialogue 
> and experience exchange rather than the "classroom" that tends to 
> appear in people's minds when the word "training" is used.
>
> I think the second model is the one that's possible for the IETF; if 
> we choose it consciously rather than trying to impose thinking from 
> the other style of training, I think we may achieve more benefit from 
> it.

I think it would be valuable, as/when we have the resources available, 
to provide working
group chairs training to interested not-yet-chairs.  It helps them know 
what they would
be volunteering for, and may make them more willing to make themselves 
stuckees for
the role.  I don't think this changes the model, but just lets us 
re-use the same thing
for multiple purposes.
					regards,
							Ted



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