Structure of IETF meeting weeks (was: Re: IAOC requesting input on (potential) meeting cities)

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

On 18/04/17 22:22, Toerless Eckert wrote:
> For example, there is a lot of death by powerpoint in meetings that pushes off
> high bandwidth discussions ("oh, we're out of time"). AFAIK, most active work
> on drafts during IETF meeting week happens outside of the WG meetings. I think that
> a) was not the original plan, and b) i have not seen IAOC sending around questionaires
> what/how to improve the quality of the meetings in this respect.

I agree with the criticism, but not sure I agree about surveys being
the best next step.

One suggestion I made before I exited the IESG was that we consider
changing (or experimenting with) how the meeting week is structured,
for example, only having formal WG sessions in the afternoons, and
leaving the full mornings free for hackathons or informal meetings.
(Partly, that's because I hate getting out of bed early, which sadly
was not considered sufficient justification:-)

Anyway, I think it'd be good if the IESG/IAOC encouraged experiments
in such ways of organising ourselves when loads of us do end up in
one place for a week or so.

Cheers,
S.