On Apr 19, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Aaron Falk <aafalk(_at_)akamai(_dot_)com> wrote:
Not this is a significant problem. I manage this by not going to meetings
that have uninteresting agendas. Same for Bits-n-Bytes. C.f. George
Michaelson’s talk
<http://snaggletooth.akam.ai/Chicago-videos/05-george-michaelson-8.mp4> about
having IETF meetings in the hallways…
I don't think it's possible for us to say on behalf of the IETF which meetings
are more and which are less beneficial, because that will be different for
different people. However, a structure that allows for collaborative work to
be done when there are no meetings happening would have the benefit that not
only you, but also the people you want to talk to, would potentially not be in
meetings for extended periods of time.
Of course, the risk is that people will take these time periods for sightseeing
rather than gathering.