Fred: I had the same experience -- I guess many of us did. Last night I
was at one until 9:20, when I left early to go quickly to another one
where I was able to get a little food while we had a meeting. I quit at
11:45 and it was still going. Tonight I managed to get a slice of pizza
before heading off to a BarBOF.
But all of the BOFs that I have been at this week have been worthwhile
for me. Sometimes there were conflicts and I wished I could cover more
than one. Yes there were presentations but presentations are a good way
to explain ideas. There is always a lot of technical discussion that
can't fit into the IETF schedule. Apparently we are at a point where
some of that technical discussion is appropriately done in bigger
groups. I wasn't in any huge ones like you -- mine varied from 15 to 50
-- but I was glad to went to all of them.
So I can't complain about the get-togethers of any sort, just that there
wasn't enough time for them. I would like to encourage the use of IETF
tools to announce ad hoc discussions using good teleconferencing tools,
e.g. video, whiteboard, and queue management.
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