Re: PSA: Automatic Minutes Generation

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM Suresh Krishnan <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> Hi Rifaat,
>   I think the intent is that the chairs will take this text as the input,
> make the necessary updates/changes and upload them into the official
> minutes.
>

Correct. This isn't intended to replace the official minutes, but rather to
quickly generate minutes that are a potential input to that process.

-Ekr


>
> Regards
> Suresh
>
> > On Nov 4, 2025, at 9:17 AM, Rifaat Shekh-Yusef <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ekr,
> >
> > This looks great!
> > Is there a way for the WG chairs to make updates/changes to these
> minutes?
> >
> > Regards,
> >  Rifaat
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Update:
> > I am generating live-ish minutes for IETF 124 at:
> > https://ietfminutes.org/minutes/ietf124/index.html
> >
> > It takes some time for Meetecho to produce the transcripts, so they're
> > not available right after the meeting, but as a reference point Monday
> > Session I is now available.
> >
> > -Ekr
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Hi Chairs,
> >
> > Like many of you, I've long been unsatisfied with the situation around
> > IETF minute taking, in which we conscript someone into taking minutes,
> > thus preventing them from fully participating, and often with mediocre
> > results.
> >
> > In an attempt to partly address this situation, I've put together an
> > automatic minutes generator at (https://ietfminutes.org/) The site
> > takes as input the Meetecho transcript and produces AI-generated
> > minutes. I've gone back and made minutes through IETF 112 (November
> > 2021) and I plan to produce minutes for IETF 124 (Montreal) once
> > transcripts are available, shortly after the meeting.
> >
> > Hopefully others will find this useful.
> >
> > -Ekr
> >
> > P.S. I'm not a WG chair, so you should make sure to keep
> > me on CC if you want a response.
>
>