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

[Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>]

On Mar 26, 2010, at 04:01, Scott Brim wrote:

> distinguish between a "hash out ideas"
> session and a "gather support" session.

+1.
Even though that may not actually be the most important distinction.
There are just different kinds of meetings, and some do benefit from a meeting room.

The 6lowapp "bar BOF" in Stockholm worked pretty well in spite of violating Lars' document in a number of ways, because

-- the large number of (active) attendees was indicative of the amount of support
   -- yes, we even had "the equivalent of blue sheets"
-- we had ~ 5 slides to pre-structure the discussion (well, Keynote, not Powerpoint :-)
-- we *had* a discussion, with a tangible result (a five-item structure of the subject)
-- we had a number of ADs there who further shaped the discussion (thank you ** 4)
-- we kept it short (~ 1 h)
-- we had a ~ round table and did not use microphones
-- we had beer :-)

Of course, after that meeting, we had a lot of bar and hallway meetings for the "now let's make all that more precise" phase, too.

Gruesse, Carsten