Re: IETF logistics

[John Hawkinson <jhawk at bbnplanet.com>]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 08:20:12PM -0500, John C Klensin wrote:
> I would also favor equipping Chairs with long poles with hooks
> at the end for dragging performers offstage, or at least on/oiff
> switches for microphones :-)
> 

The "Bradner method" has long functioned for this. The Chair (or AD)
walks up to a microphone and taps it until the speaker stops using
the microphone.

It requires the Chair be willing to do this, but so does a switch.

We have the technology (such as it were), what we perhaps need is the
Chairs to be empowered, or cognizant of this sort of requirement.

--jhawk