Re: Future Handling of Blue Sheets

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

On 2012-04-23 22:40, Peter Sylvester wrote:
> On 04/23/2012 07:23 PM, Samuel Weiler wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Randy Bush wrote:
>>
>>> i see ourselves some years from now having electronic tracking of
>>> whether X was in the room during which parts of the discussion.  do
>>> not like.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I am very sympathetic to the desire to minimize the work of responding
>> to subpoenas.  A very effective way to do that is to not have the data.
>>
>> I would strongly prefer to see the blue sheets disappear entirely.
>> Let's quit collecting data that we don't need.  The collection of
>> attendee lists does not directly support our technical work.  To the
>> extent that we need a headcount for meeting planning, a count (without
>> names) is sufficient.
>>
>> -- Sam
> +1

A headcount is clearly sufficient for room size allocation, but the
primary purpose of the blue sheets is not, and never has been, the
head count.

   Brian