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

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

On 2010-03-31 08:30, Scott Brim wrote:
> Eliot Lear allegedly wrote on 03/30/2010 14:51 EDT:
>> 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.  
> 
> The threashold for a real BOF might not be too high considering how
> important they are in the IETF, but people find it intimidating to
> figure out how to do what they need to do, and seek other paths with
> less resistance.
> 
> (Personally I don't mind at all that bar BOFs aren't near bars.)

My bottom line is that we had better stick to the rule of having no
rules for bar BOFs, except that they can't camp in contracted meeting
rooms without a nod from the meeting management. They certainly shouldn't
have any right to expect ADs or WG chairs to be present.

I like Randy's point about having some FCFS meeting space available,
but that is probably just a financial issue.

     Brian