Re: [apps-discuss] Wiki for bar bofs?

[Javier Ubillos <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 08:18 -0500, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On 2011-03-11 01:50, Lars Eggert wrote:
> > On 2011-3-11, at 6:14, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> >> Not official BoFs, Bar BoFs.
> > 
> > This confusion nicely demonstrates why we're trying to push people to call these things side meetings: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-eggert-successful-bar-bof
> 
> +1
> 
> I'm part of a group that is organizing a bar BoF. I would prefer ours to
> not be listed in the wiki, exactly for the reasons cited in the draft.
> As a general rule, if you know about the existence of a bar BoF, it
> means you're invited. Advertising it at large on a wiki breaks that
> filtering mechanism.
> 
> Simon

I second the algorithm suggested by Klaas Wierenga.

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a "convener MUST buy 1 beer or alternative consumption for all invited
attendees of the bar BoF" would solve lots of the problems you mention:

- reduce the number of attendees
- favor meeting in a bar
- gives a more informal way of communication
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http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/77attendees/current/msg00300.html

// Javier