"George" == George, Wes <wesley(_dot_)george(_at_)twcable(_dot_)com>
writes:
George> First and foremost, the act of getting away from the office
George> and the financial and time commitments involved in traveling
George> to a physical meeting a few times a year tends to reinforce
George> the need to "prepare" for the meeting by reading drafts,
George> catching up on IETF work that has languished, etc. The
+1
I don't see how we will reproduce this online.
also, we talk about cross-area review, and sometimes this is faciliated
by "WG tourists"...
When participating remotely when there were 12 hours TZ differences, a
really really really hard part was explaining to my kid, that really, I
wasn't home.
George> The other things that become important are the "hallway
George> track" and the "many fine lunches and dinners". Those come
George> up when talking about attending IETF in person, but often
George> it's meant to imply that those involved are there for the
George> wrong reasons (i.e. IETF as company-sponsored tourism or job
George> search) rather than to acknowledge its value in ensuring
+1
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Michael Richardson
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