Re: virtual-only wgs?

Alissa Cooper <alissa@cooperw.in> Mon, 20 May 2019 10:40 UTC

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Subject: Re: virtual-only wgs?
From: Alissa Cooper <alissa@cooperw.in>
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Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:40:13 +0000
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Hi Bob,

> On May 18, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Aaron,
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>> On May 16, 2019, at 11:04 AM, Aaron Falk <aaron.falk@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Can anyone tell me whether our standards process allows for virtual-only working groups? In other words, could a working group choose to stop meeting at IETF venues and only convene online?
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> As many folks have said, this is possible and has been done.
> 
> However, as a follow-on question, could there be a working forming BOF that is virtual?   

Sure. As previously noted, LURK did a virtual BOF, although it was non-WG-forming. Recent WGs that I think were chartered without an in-person BOF that I can remember include geojson, justfont, dart, rum, l3sm, eman, l2sm, and emu (reboot of a closed WG).

Alissa

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> Bob
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