I don't think the problems were related to the wireless network. My
ssh and IMAP session didn't blink, while the plenary jabber room would
periodically kick out a large fraction of the participants.
Having formal secretaries seems like a better long-term approach; it
also provides recognition to the individuals and, in some cases, a
training ground for future WG chairs. Professional organizations, such
as IEEE and ACM, often use such "junior" leadership positions in such
a fashion.
Henning
On Aug 4, 2008, at 12:00 AM, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
Hi, Marshall,
Speaking as a scribe...
My biggest obstacle to using jabber for scribing is that we still
(used to be frequently, now very rarely, but it happened in Dublin)
experience networking problems on the wireless LAN. The typical
Monday morning problems of long ago kept me from trying it for about
two years ("once burned, twice shy").
If we could run one ethernet cable for the chairs/scribe, I bet we'd
have more volunteers (I remember that offering power for the scribes
worked as an inducement in Yokohama and in Vienna, and probably
other places as well).
Beyond that ... so how many working groups have formal secretaries?
Spencer
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