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

[Michael StJohns <[e-mail]>]

It may be time to take this to the normal IETF list - I think its 
general enough that the wider audience may benefit.

On 3/30/2010 2:51 PM, Eliot Lear wrote:
>  On 3/30/10 8:47 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>>> too many bar bofs obviates/undercuts the purpose of real BOFs.
>> then i would take away the message that 'real' bofs are not meeting the
>> needs of folk trying to get work done.
>
> I think there's some truth to this.  My recollection, and Randy can 
> correct this if I'm wrong, was that the bar was set relatively high 
> for an official BoF as space during the day difficult to find, 
> requiring careful balancing of interests.  So-called "bar bofs" have 
> always been part of the meeting in an informal way, but now it seems 
> we are formalizing them in some way.  So long as the bar for their 
> allowance is relatively low, I see no reason not to allow them.  But I 
> am disappointed that they are nowhere near bars.
>
> Eliot
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