Re: Proposed WG and BOF Scheduling Experiment

One of the factors that frequently determines the outcome of a piece
of work is how it is broken down into parts. So the scope of WGs in
formation can be the most significant factor in determining what they
produce.

Putting the BOFs at a known time would be very helpful for that
reason. Having the BOFs on Monday seems like a useful idea. Having
them only on Monday afternoon seems like it is going to cause rather
too many conflicts.

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/08/2010 10:26 GMT+08:00, The IESG wrote:
>> The IESG is seriously considering a WG and BOF scheduling experiment.  The
>> goal of the experiment is to provide WG agenda sooner and also provide
>> more time to craft BOF proposals.
>>
>> The proposed experiment includes three parts.  First, schedule all BOFs
>> for Monday afternoon.  Second, schedule WGs before we know which BOFs will
>> be held.  Finally, provide an additional four weeks to deliver BOF
>> proposal to ADs.
>
> I am in favor of the goals but concerned about conflicts between BOFs.
> BOFs explore possible new work items for the IETF, and some decisions
> made in BOFs can be significant for the direction of IETF work, and hard
> to undo after the fact.  I am more likely to be unhappy about a
> scheduling conflict between BOFs than between a BOF and a WG that is
> continuing in its ordinary work, so I like having BOFs spread out
> through the week.  Have you thought about sensitivity of conflicts, and
> if so what were your thoughts?
>
> Scott
>
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