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Re: IESG Statement on Revised guidance for interim meetings

2008-09-02 13:17:39


IESG Secretary wrote:
This statement provides IESG guidance on interim IETF Working Group
meetings, conference calls, and jabber sessions.

Good note.


Historically the work of the IETF has been conducted over mailing lists.
This practice ensures the widest possible involvement in the working
group process. This practice is not as efficient in terms of producing
specifications as extended face-to-face meetings but is much more
inclusive. 


In attending meetings for a group that does all its work in extended 
face-to-face discussions, I discovered another benefit of the mailing-list 
orientation of the IETF:  deliberation.

When a reliance on face-to-face meetings is coupled with any sort of timely 
deadline, the group is forced to make potentially precipitous decisions.

When discussion and decision-making can extend over the longer period of email 
discussion, the decision-making has much more opportunity to consider 
implications and recover from problematic choices.

d/

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net
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