*> working group can often take better minutes than an outsider. On the
*> other hand, it is very hard to take good minutes and/or scribe while
*> participating in the discussion, and often the minutes will suffer for
*> those portions of the meeting where the minute-taker also wants to
*> join into the discussion. (Or stand in line at the mike, etc.)
In any of the WG meetings I have attended in the last 10 years, it would
not have been hard to find a person in the room who was not participating
in the discussion. In fact, 95-99% of the people in the room were
non-participants and were therefore potential note takers.
Bob Braden
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