a simple solution to the room crowding problem...

["Marshall Rose" <mrose at dbc.mtview.ca.us>]

well, at the risk of being re-branded a ne'er do well, i have a simple
suggestion to the meeting room problem.

first, let's see if we can agree that, in general, the problem is with
working groups and not bofs.
if so:

require that every working group publish at least one I-D prior to the
meeting. in that I-D put a password, e.g., "swordfish". the password should
be buried in the middle of a big paragraph of text somewhere, e.g.,
"big-endian, blah, blah, blah ... and the password is swordfish (don't tell
anyone, eh?) blah, blah, blah little-endian."

at the meeting, have a monitor stand at the door asking for the password. no
password? have the monitor give them a hard copy of the I-D with
instructions to read it cover to cover and then come back.

/mtr