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Re: [bmwg] Interim Meetings

At 03:10 PM 10/19/2009, Ron Bonica wrote:

...In this case, BMWG will not meet in Hiroshima, so the final condition is
not met. However, as I recall, extenuating circumstances will prevent
many (if not most) BMWG contributors from attending IETF 76. So, we will
proceed with this meeting, but will not make a policy of replacing
interim meetings with general meetings.

                                    your friendly AD,
                                      Ron

Ron,

Thanks for your message clarifying the policy.

A key point I've tried to make all along the way:

In the last 13 years, BMWG has failed to meet at only one IETF,
that was IETF-59 in Seoul. Neither of the co-chairs and few of
the wg draft authors (if any) were able to attend (in my case,
I had agreed to speak in London at the IEE in February, and was
surprised to find the IETF-59 meeting had been moved to Feb from
the usual dates in March).

Clearly, this *is not* a WG that skips all the far-off venues,
and so shouldn't be penalized for recognizing that a
2 hour conference call will work best for all involved,
given that similar conflicts exist with the IETF-76 schedule.

Thanks to all involved for granting BMWG an exception,
Al
bmwg chair