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An additional thought about Friday meetings that the survey
doesn't capture...
Whether the problem is "Friday" or "after four days", our
meetings are intense enough that many of the people who are
participating in several WGs, the plenaries, etc., end up in a
state by Friday such that they aren't real functional (terms
like "wasted" and "zombie" come to mind). Especially since that
high-activity group includes all, or almost all, of the IAB and
IESG, Friday sessions seem to have rather low productivity or at
least discussions that are unusually risky in terms of reaching
well-thought-out conclusions.
Many years ago, we tried having the IESG meet Friday mornings
(in a meeting slot) to give them an opportunity to reprise the
week, identify issues, make plans, highlight things needing
cross-area attention, etc. We finally gave it up after
noticing that we spent a lot of time staring at each other,
unable to form complete sentences and showing other signs of
mental exhaustion.
Unless we can figure out a way to reduce the level of exhaustion
that comes with our present schedule, I'd question the
productivity of adding a full extra day, even if no other
considerations applied. For example, I've not in favor of it,
but Friday (or fifth-day) sessions would make a lot more sense
to me if we dropped all evening sessions, including the
plenaries, and moved them into the daytime.
Or perhaps I'm just getting old :-(
john
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