[107attendees] Where the action is, at virtual meetings ...

[Spencer Dawkins at IETF <[e-mail]>]

I've heard almost every session chairs saying words like "we have X people
who have signed the bluesheets, and 2X people who are in WebEx now, please
go sign the bluesheet". So that's fine.

But I'm also noticing that there are about X people in Jabber, and
honestly, this week, the jabber rooms are incredibly active - probably
because they're playing the part of hallway discussions for each session.
That's been especially true for BOFs, but almost every session has had a
non-stop active jabber room for most/all of the session.

There are a lot of conversations there, that aren't making it into the mike
line, so roughly half the people in WebEx aren't seeing them, and in the
cases I'm familiar with, the jabber conversation has been at least as
well-informed and serious as the voice conversation. And the voice
conversation doesn't always end up in the same place as the jabber
conversation.

Are other people noticing the same thing?

Best,

Spencer