On 4 Oct 2014, at 9:44 am, S Moonesamy <sm+ietf(_at_)elandsys(_dot_)com> wrote:
* Finalising the agenda (far) before it currently is, so that people can
make firm (and economic) travel plans without blocking out an entire week
The agenda of a session is supposed to be finalized at least two weeks
before. As you are a working group chair you already know how it goes. :-)
Instead of arguing about why it is difficult to finalise an agenda
I don’t see anyone arguing about *why* it’s difficult to finalise the agenda —
that seems to be well-understood.
I'll ask you how much notice would the developers and implementers require
for travel scheduling.
At least two months for the draft agenda; preferably three. Long-distance
airfares generally start rising in that period of time, and most people who
don’t do this for a living need to request and obtain permission to travel,
which can add weeks of delay.
Regards.
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Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/