Re: Value of meeting attendance (was Re: [Recentattendees] Background on Singapore go/no go for IETF 100)

[Stephen Strowes <[e-mail]>]

On 27 May 2016 at 11:04, Christer Holmberg <[e-mail]>
 wrote:

> Maybe we should hold our meetings in Minecraft :)
>
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3612641/Company-open-OFFICE-inside-virtual-world-Minecraft.html
>


Or second life:
https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/vmeet/current/msg00223.html

More seriously: meetecho has massively improved the ability to at least
track meetings remotely. It still feels like the "third wheel" relative to
in-person attendance, but it's been a move in a good direction.

S.



> ------------------------------
> From: Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>
> Sent: ‎27/‎05/‎2016 20:55
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Value of meeting attendance (was Re: [Recentattendees]
> Background on Singapore go/no go for IETF 100)
>
> On 5/27/16 9:46 AM, Michael StJohns wrote:
> > I would expect that we as an organization will continue to meet in
> > person for probably the life of the organization.  We as humans are a
> > social species, and, even with all the sturm und drang that's been on
> > the various mailing list with respect to the meeting venue topics - at
> > the end we will find more benefit than not to meet in person.
>
> I think so, as well, but that doesn't mean that we can't
> work to de-emphasize physical meetings - the choices aren't
> between maintaining the status quo on the one hand or
> completely eliminating meetings on the other.  (I know
> you believe this as well this but it wasn't brought out in
> what you wrote).
>
> My own experience has been that it is possible to maintain
> a good working relationship with the organization and to move
> work along even while attending meetings sporadically, but it
> does take some initiative on your own part, an understanding
> of who to contact and how to contact them about various pieces
> of work, and some sensitivity to remote participation issues
> on the part of working group chairs.  Unfortunately the second
> issue (an understanding of how to keep work rolling) does take
> a bit of IETF experience to develop.
>
> Melinda
>
>