Re: [Mtgvenue] Update of RFC8719 not needed

[John Levine <[e-mail]>]

It appears that Benson Muite  <[e-mail]> said:
>Time Zones            | Region     | Approximate Population (billions)
>======================================================================
>UTC-12 to UTC-4       | Americas                       | 1
>UTC-3.59 to UTC+4     | Europe, Middle East and Africa | 2
>UTC+4.01 to UTC+11.59 | Asia and Oceania               | 4.7

I don't see the point, other to reinforce the reality that the
sensible places to meet are in the northern hemisphere. We already
know that people in South America can remotely attend meetings in
North America at hours when they would normally be awake, people in
Africa and the Middle East can remotely attend Europe and people in
Oceania can remotely attend Japan, Taiwan, or Korea.

Since IETF meetings are working sessions, if someone is not already
reading and writing I-Ds and following the mailing lists, a physical
meeting is a waste of time. I entirely agree that it would be good to
have more IETFers from places beyond where we come from now, but first
we get people active, then we might consider adjusting the meeting
schedules to match the places where active workers are.

R's,
John

PS: For an excellent example of what we should not do, look at
ICANN's meeting schedule.