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Re: Barely literate minutes

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sat, 01 December 2012 14:40 UTC

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On 11/29/2012 10:36 AM, Dave Crocker wrote:
> F2f meetings are explicitly managed, with significant control of the 
> room.  Mailing list exchanges are typically not managed at all.
>
> Given the difference, it's not surprising that one proves more 
> productive than the other.

Please don't confuse "management" with "encouraging productivity". In 
Atlanta I witnessed several f2f WG meetings that were explicitly 
managed, and completely unproductive.

(Hint: anytime the vast majority of a f2f meeting is devoted to 
presentations, it's almost certainly useless.  Even if there were 
occasions when participants were asked to hum.)

Keith

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