Subject: Re: Reducing parallel meeting slots
From: Michael Richardson <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:21:35 -0400
List-Id: IETF-Discussion <ietf.ietf.org>

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>>>>> "Iljitsch" == Iljitsch van Beijnum <[email-masked]> writes:
    Iljitsch> ...it doesn't address the problem of overlapping
    Iljitsch> sessions. Sessions are going to overlap. This is only a
    Iljitsch> problem when people want to attend more than one during
    Iljitsch> any particular slot. The fact that people want to attend a
    Iljitsch> session makes it highly unlikely that such a session is so
    Iljitsch> unproductive that scrapping it alltoghether would be
    Iljitsch> better. (I don't believe IETFers are so stupid they keep
    Iljitsch> showing up for unproductive sessions.)

  I can think of a number of BOFs, and even some WGs that are very well
attended, but have not made any progress.
  
  My original contention was that these groups are either stuck, or they
have the *wrong amount* of face time. They get two hours, sometimes four
(over two days). 

  Yet, to make the decision they need to progress, they really need
three days of intensive time, and they probably need to have a smaller
(more manageable) group attending.

  Finally, as has been discussed previously (particularly during our
peak, when we didn't fit in the hotels anymore), with wireless, people
can occupy seats and not pay attention. 

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