Re: [93attendees] Meeting schedule

On 7/21/15 10:27 AM, Andrew G. Malis wrote:
> Alia,
> 
> That must have been a particular issue for this hotel, becuase in most
> other IETFs, the meeting rooms were opened up during the snack break for
> the plenary.

Not really, we typically organize the rooms typically such that the
plenary room is un-occupied in the immediately proceeding meeting.

there are a bunch of inputs to the precise arrangement of the schedule.
this particular arrangement is driven by a number of accommodations,
which are not likely to precisely replicated in the future.

> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Alia Atlas <akatlas@gmail.com
> <mailto:akatlas@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     This IETF we had more WG meeting time requested than could be met. 
>     With concern requested, the time requested did decrease.
> 
>     The plenaries are in the morning because it allows the rooms to be
>     reset during lunch.  Having them in the evening would have eaten the
>     meeting rooms for the time slot before the plenary which would have
>     further decreased the available meeting time for WG meetings.
> 
>     I'm in the technical plenary now and it seems to be quite well attended.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Alia
> 
>     On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Andrew G. Malis <agmalis@gmail.com
>     <mailto:agmalis@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         I also prefer going back to the plenaries at the end of the day.
>         I understand that having them in the morning is more convenient
>         for the hotel, but they're here to serve us, not vice versa.
> 
>         Cheers,
>         Andy
> 
> 
>         On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com
>         <mailto:ynir.ietf@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>             On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Brian E Carpenter
>             <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com
>             <mailto:brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>             >> And I agree with that as well! But the current long day, which for
>             >> many includes breakfast meetings, runs 7am to [nearly] 8pm which
>             >> probably does not contribute to overall productivity.
>             >
>             > As long as people want to arrive on Sunday and leave on Friday
>             > afternoon, it's hard to see what to change.
> 
>             The two plenaries add up to 5 hours. If they didn’t take up
>             real meeting time, we could shorten each meeting day by one
>             hour.
> 
>             That would mean getting the plenaries back to the end of the
>             day, and anyone who wanted an early dinner could skip them.
> 
>             But regardless, for “real IETF-ers”, the ones who don’t come
>             for just a few sessions, an IETF week is always pretty intense.
> 
>             Yoav
> 
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