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

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 2010-03-26 10:08, Jari Arkko wrote:
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> In any case, I'm not sure its a good trend that our Bar BoFs are
> becoming more like official meetings, with rooms, presentations, etc.

Rather to my surprise, I found myself running a barless bar BOF with
at least 40 people in the room, and we needed microphone discipline,
both so that everyone could hear and to avoid the discussion fragmenting.

Clearly, this discussion could never have happened in the bar.

That's what happens when you announce bar BOFs to 1200 people,
I guess. But if you don't announce them, and dont't use a decent
room, some people will feel excluded.

It's a dilemma. But I'd rather we avoid any rule making, except the
pragmatic rule that the secretariat needs a nod from an AD before
allocating a room, since that is a finite and possibly costly
resource. A bar BOF with rules doesn't seem like the right thing.

    Brian