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Re: Requirement to go to meetings

2011-10-26 11:18:25
Nothing happens without deadlines. I'd be more in favor of going back
to 4 meetings a year than going to 2...

Thanks,
Donald
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Peter Saint-Andre 
<stpeter(_at_)stpeter(_dot_)im> wrote:
On 10/25/11 3:48 PM, John C Klensin wrote:


--On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:19 -0700 Fred Baker
<fred(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> wrote:


On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Ping Pan wrote:

 the original issue remains: please make IETF meetings easier
 and cheaper for us to go to. ;-)

I think that a lot of people would like that. There are a
number of problems that need to be solved to make them cheaper
to attend.

One is the issue of air fare and hotel cost; these have been
brought up before. 25 years ago, all meetings were in the US,
as were most of the participants. People came from Europe and
Australia at significantly greater cost, but for the average
attendee, putting all meetings in the US reduced meeting cost.
It's now 25 years later, and that logic doesn't remotely start
to work.
...

Ok, Fred, let me enter one suggestion into this discussion that
would actually cut total costs, recognize and take advantage of
the observation that an increasing number of WGs are holding
virtual interim meetings, and reduce pressures on meeting time
conflicts and trying to get everything done in 4 3/4 days.

Eliminate one of the face to face meetings entirely -- go to two
a year and either hold the 4 3/4 day schedule or, better cut it
back to four.

Reducing the number of meetings a year from three to two makes sense.
Naturally, we'd need to work through the implications (e.g., the NomCom
schedule is defined in terms of three meetings a year).

Plus, it's a natural complement to having reduced the number of maturity
levels from three to two. ;-)

Peter

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