Re: PSA: Automatic Minutes Generation

[Orie <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

I filed https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/9881 as a proposal
to integrate autominutes into datatracker directly.

I think it's important to enable corrections and clarifications in minutes,
especially to support direct links to related resources.

Regards,

OS

On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM Lemmons, Chris <Chris_Lemmons=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> Just a usage report… I found the real-ish time notes very helpful after
> taking notes for MOPS. I took notes as normal for the session, but after
> the session when the auto-minutes were available, I double-checked against
> them. I found that the auto-minutes had slightly mischaracterized some
> conversations, but not any worse than a human does. It did, however, make
> *different*​ mistakes than I did, so I was able to correct my notes with
> the things it captured effectively. It was very useful that the
> auto-minutes were available very quickly after the session while my memory
> was still fresh.
>
> Many thanks for your efforts here, they are very much appreciated.
>
> *From: *Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>
> *Date: *Monday, November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
> *To: *Working Group Chairs <[e-mail]>
> *Subject: *Re: PSA: Automatic Minutes Generation
>
> Update:
> I am generating live-ish minutes for IETF 124 at:
> https://ietfminutes.org/minutes/ietf124/index.html
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ietfminutes.org/minutes/ietf124/index.html__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!Cp64CfaSh9BVeM9KKwGj5sFMR2ueryvxZh8WRGSaEZpko5keJ9ZPkFiqE3WPWX12o7SsF5aNhAEzPw$>
>
> It takes some time for Meetecho to produce the transcripts, so they're
> not available right after the meeting, but as a reference point Monday
> Session I is now available.
>
> -Ekr
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Hi Chairs,
>
> Like many of you, I've long been unsatisfied with the situation around
> IETF minute taking, in which we conscript someone into taking minutes,
> thus preventing them from fully participating, and often with mediocre
> results.
>
> In an attempt to partly address this situation, I've put together an
> automatic minutes generator at (https://ietfminutes.org/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ietfminutes.org/__;!!CQl3mcHX2A!Cp64CfaSh9BVeM9KKwGj5sFMR2ueryvxZh8WRGSaEZpko5keJ9ZPkFiqE3WPWX12o7SsF5by2XDQvg$>).
> 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.
>
>