<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Optima","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">"May
be African young engineers need mentorship on how to follow and
participate in technical mailing lists? If yes, this should been done at
the University and national levels."<br></span>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color="#1f497d">I
strongly agree with you on this point. Using African universities
would be one of the best ways since this is where you can have
enthusiast young Engineers in the making. </font></span></font></b>
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</span></font></b><style type="text/css">P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color="#1f497d">Was
going through IETF 87 – Berlin summary and it portion of it states
“... This meeting was also the first for our new mentoring system.
Volunteers from the IETF attendees had set up 50 mentors helping new
people find their way in the IETF...”. This is actually a good initiative and hoping that many young African Engineers will soon benefit from this mentoring.</font></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><b><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color="#1f497d"> <br>
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</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">There is very little exposure on the continent for upcoming techies on what IETF is all about, with no knowledge that they are also welcomed to participate. And this is something we can correct through advocacy using our local Chapters of say, Internet Society. The few who are exposed to the workings of IETF are better placed to nurture upcoming talent.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I am working with my local Internet Society chapter to sensitize members on the importance of volunteering and contributing to the IETF. We have very many good young people with the appetite to volunteer, but they are not exposed.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">This is a very important discussion.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya.<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a></div>
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