Re: Proposed Experiment: More Meeting Time on Friday for IETF 73

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

Maybe it's just me, but...

I oppose this experiment.  I already donate to my employer a significant 
amount of travel time on weekends without wanting to add to it.  Flight 
schedules are tightening, thanks to the cost of fuel, which means that 
having sessions on Friday at all poses a problem now, if I want to get 
back by Saturday.  Having afternoon sessions would put a nail in that 
coffin.

I propose two alternative experiments:

1.  Required agendas and Approval

No session can be approved without a posted agenda.  Many agendas are 
late, which makes it difficult for people to know where they have to be 
and when.  This is particularly true of working groups that meet more 
than once.  The dhc chairs in particular have done a really good job of 
providing the working group with an opportunity to comment on the agenda 
prior to upload.  Approval of agenda by either WG or AD (I could make 
arguments for both) would also limit stupid stuff.  Just because I've 
written a draft doesn't make it intersting to anyone else.

2.  More meeting rooms per venue.

While this one adds expense in  one way it can reduce in hotel and food 
costs to counterbalance.  The real downside is that people will have to 
be pickier as to which meetings they attend.

In addition, I'd argue that we need to update our rules to allow for 
less notice so that more use of teleconferencing can take place.  I 
recognize that this solution is not a panacea, especially for the poor 
shmo who has to be up at 4:00am to participate.

Eliot
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