Re: Concerns about Singapore

["HANSEN, TONY L" <[e-mail]>]

I encourage people who have suggestions on how to do remote meetings to join the conversation in [e-mail].

	Tony Hansen

On 4/12/16, 7:02 AM, "ietf on behalf of Rich Kulawiec" <[e-mail] on behalf of [e-mail]> wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 07:54:25PM -0400, Ted Lemon wrote:
>> If we were to attempt such a thing, how do you think it would work?
>
>Let me preface this by saying that I think attempts to completely
>mimic the current in-person meeting experience as it exists probably
>won't work.  They might: but they probably won't.  But then again,
>I don't think that's entirely necessary: processes and procedures
>change (compare boarding a steamship in 1930 with an aircraft in 2005)
>and evolve in order to work with technology.
>
>So if I were to envision this, things I'd want to experiment with
>would include:
>
>- passive view-only, listen-only read-only access to anyone, anonymously.
>(That is: no registration required.)
>
>- levels of read-write access, perhaps (roughly speaking) distinguished
>as text, audio, and video.  Participants could select based on their
>available bandwidth and on the level they're comfortable with.  I think
>it's reasonable to require registration for write access.
>
>- a channel for presentation content only. Again, this is an option for
>those with limited bandwidth or limited time.
>
>- ability to delay/time-shift.
>
>- perhaps restructuring long sessions into smaller time slots.  If people
>have all travelled to the same place, then it makes sense to get a lot
>done in a short time, and so a four hour session (for example) makes
>sense.  But if people are in disparate locations, then maybe four one-hour
>sessions make more sense.  This also better accomodate people who have
>trouble carving out four hours in the middle of their day.  Or night.
>
>- integrated storage of sessions, so that someone can watch, listen,
>read, and absorb the entire experience.  Useful for someone half a
>planet away who won't be (or can't be) awake for real-time participation.
>
>- translations and/or text captioning and/or some kind of assistance
>for non-native speakers and the hearing impaired.
>
>- emphasis on the inclusion of participants who can't make it to meetings
>today, either because of time, money, politics, distance, family, job, etc.
>
>Over and above all of this: a willingness to experiment and to have
>some of those expirements fail -- which they will.
>
>---rsk