Re: [irsg] Follow up on disruptive person during IETF 119

[Reese Enghardt <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

On 3/22/24 11:19, Francesca Palombini wrote:
>
> I appreciate that we would keep a “trust-based approach”, but I do 
> think that WG chairs or at least ADs need to be able to not 
> necessarily remove disruptive participant from a session, but 
> definitely block a participant from sending audio/video for a longer 
> amount of time, say a session (that is not switch their audio/video 
> off) without necessarily going through the secretariat.
>
> I also think we need to think about the same for chats, even if it was 
> not a problem this time.
>
I agree with Francesca here.

The individual in question was in one of the sessions I chaired.

I worked with Meetecho in the chat, and they said they're able to boot 
the participant if needed. This was fine for me, if stressful.

It'd be better if we as chairs had an easier way to do this, and 
definitely please don't make it harder. Having to contact the 
Secretariat while also chairing is definitely harder than just 
contacting Meetecho, we chat them for general audio/video issues anyways..

I noticed that in my next session as chair, I saw new controls to revoke 
audio/video from a participant (once, then they could start staring 
audio/video again). This feature is a good start, and it was sufficient 
to address the individual in question. Is this feature temporary or will 
it stay?

Also, big shout-out to the Meetecho folks for their great support in 
this matter!

Best,
Reese