Re: [77attendees] Ad hoc meetings (Was: Re: Bar BoF: ip traceback)

Ray Bellis <ray@nominet.org.uk> Wed, 31 March 2010 09:10 UTC

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> BOFs have now often become the equivalent of Senate committee
> hearings: they are staged for the benefit of the senators (ADs and
> the IAB attendees), to convince them that there's a group of mature
> adults in the room who can get work done. (Or, conversely, for
> opponents of the effort to create doubts about the maturity.)

That's odd - I'm sure I didn't see you in the E2MD BOF but your
description of it is uncannily accurate... ;-)

Ray