Re: [ogpx] VWRAP working group charter update

A visit to Japan paid for by one's company is not something to be turned
down, ever. :-)

And if a session at Hiroshima might yield some addtional recruits for the
mailing list, then that would be fantastic and should be encouraged.  I
think it's clear that the level of activity on the list seems a little low
at times, so having more people involved would help.

However, in terms of actual VWRAP workload which would benefit from an F2F
at Hiroshima, the answer is probably that there is very little gain to be
found at this time.  Most of the current participants are in high-bandwidth
daily communication outside of this list already, namely in-world and
through group IM in Second Life, so there is little or no extra work-related
advantage in a very remote F2F, no matter how nice the sushi afterwards. :-)

So to answer your question directly Barry, a spot of extra promotion for
VWRAP would seem to be the only work-related reason for attending Hiroshima
at this stage in the process.

Morgaine.

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Barry Leiba <
barryleiba.mailing.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com> wrote:
> > I was just thinking that there should be (by now) an application
> > that one could download from the IETF website, say, which would run
> > on windows, Mac and linux that would allow "everything needed"
> > (video conferencing, voice, whiteboard, agenda, exchanging documents,
> > multiple groups/channels at the same time). Clearly such an application
> > does not exist, so ... it's good that some people are going to meet,
> > and bad that many won't be able to be there.
>
> There is/are.  One is called WebEx, currently owned by Cisco, and the
> IETF is experimenting with having "interim" working group meetings
> through WebEx.  The IETF is certainly aware of these sorts of
> requests, and that many people have trouble spending money on travel.
>
> There's also a process to go through to set up working group meetings
> through other means (even teleconference), which process is meant to
> ensure adequate advance notice, open access to the meetings, and
> proper reporting on it afterward.
>
> With that, I ask that we close the discussion on alternative meeting
> mechanisms for now, as it's distracting us from answering the basic
> question for now, which is what to do (or not to do) for Hiroshima.
> Please, let's stick to that question right now.
>
> Barry
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