Re: [IAOC] I-D Action: draft-barnes-healthy-food-04.txt

I'm sold.

On Nov 1, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Bob Hinden wrote:

> An IETF food list sounds right to me.
>
> Bob
>
> On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:40 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
>
> > I think the document in general should be discussed on a separate mailing 
> > list as it's not meeting specific. And, previous attempts at discussing this 
> > topic on more general mailing lists have not been particularly positive.  
> >
> > I would agree that sharing information on general information related to 
> > finding food at the meetings on the attendees mailing list might be a good 
> > idea.  However, some of the details may be of no interest to the majority.  
> > For example, there is small (but growing) subset of the IETF population that 
> > needs to eat Gluten-Free. This tends to get into very detailed discussions 
> > (per my document) and these might seem totally trivial and unnecessary for 
> > folks that don't deal with this and while it might seem obvious to some 
> > folks what we can and cannot eat, it's not nearly as simple as it might 
> > appear.  For example, asian food is always risky due to the use of soy sauce 
> > (which contains wheat). And, cross-contamination is a big issue, so the 
> > waitstaff is equally as important in ensuring we get safe food as having a 
> > cook that understands the concept.   So, personally I would prefer to have 
> > those sorts of discussions on the ietf-food list as I'm sure most attendees 
> > have no interest 
 whatsoever in a topic like this.  
> > Mary. 
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Eric Burger 
> > <eburger-l(_at_)standardstrack(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > Any reason not to use attendees-xx(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org?  I do not regularly 
> > participate in the ietf-food list, but I am interested in the results.  For 
> > example, I am not a vegetarian, but I like vegetarian food.  Likewise, I am 
> > on a budget, so knowing where to buy good food outside the venue interests 
> > me.
> >
> > The idea being that while there is a core group for whom food is critically 
> > important, e.g., getting very ill from the wrong food, there is a larger 
> > audience that would be interested in the discussion, too.
> >
> > On Nov 1, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Mary Barnes wrote:
> >
> > > I have a separate mailing list setup for the "food" discussion in general:
> > > ietf-food(_at_)employees(_dot_)org
> > >
> > > Mary.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Marshall Eubanks 
> > > <marshall(_dot_)eubanks(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:34 PM, David Morris <dwm(_at_)xpasc(_dot_)com> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Mary;
> > > >
> > > > Which is the appropriate community mailing list for discussion of this
> > > > draft ? IETF(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org ?
> > > A more limited traffic alternative might be useful ... my wife is a
> > > Registered Dietician and might be willing to provide feedback and
> > > suggestions, but not if she has to wade through the wide variety of
> > > discussion on the ietf@ietf list. I suspect there may be other experts
> > > who'd feel the same.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ray, Russ - could we set up a mailing list for _general_ meeting related 
> > > discussions ? (Or,
> > > maybe, such already exists.)
> > >
> > > I think that just diet may be too narrow a focus...
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Marshall
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Morris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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