RE: Proposed WG and BOF Scheduling Experiment

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I support the effort, but not the timing.

Maybe having an hour reserved at each end of the day for BoFs would be a compromise (just an idea popping right now).

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] De la part de
> Henk Uijterwaal
> Envoyé : lundi 8 novembre 2010 13:24
> Cc : [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Objet : Re: Proposed WG and BOF Scheduling Experiment
> 
> 
> I think having the BOFs early in the week is a good idea but I'd modify
> the proposal a bit.
> 
> Background:  At this meeting, we have 8 BOFs.  There are also 7 or 8
> meetings in each of the sessions (9-11:30, 1-3, 3-4).
> 
> Scheduling all 8 BOFs at the same time will maximize overlap between
> them
> but otherwise not affect the schedule.   However, the overlap does
> not make this a good idea.  Also, the lengths of the BOFs will vary, so
> one size fits all is not a good idea.
> 
> If we schedule 4 BOFs at the time and have NO WG meetings in parallel,
> reduce overlap for the BOFs BUT at the same time create more conflicts
> for the rest of the week, as 8 WG sessions have to be put elsewhere in
> the schedule.   This is not a good idea either.    4 BOFs with meetings
> in parallel works better.  4 BOFs with 4 regular meetings at the same
> time does not have much impact on the rest of the schedule, but there
> is still a fair chance of overlap.
> 
> So, I'd take it a step further: Starting Monday morning, 2 of the 7
> or 8 meeting slots in each session are reserved for BOFs and the other
> 4 or 5 for WG meetings.  That way, we'll have all the BOFs done by
> Tuesday lunchtime, giving time to discuss the results during the week,
> and impact on the rest of the schedule is minimal.
> 
> Henk
> 
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