Re: [OPSEC] question about attendance at ietf 74

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com>]

Joe Abley wrote:
> 
> On 10-Mar-2009, at 16:56, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> 
>> Can I get a virtual show of hands on how many people are planning be
>> in SF?
>>
>> Also if you are one of the folks that had asked for a slot on the agenda
>> and won't be attending, would you be open to the idea of presenting
>> remotely? probably this would be via a conference bridge. contact me
>> offlist.
> 
> Given the responses so far, and with the proviso that I haven't
> coordinated this question with Joel at all:

Uncoordinated except for the fact that we previously discussed it... ;)

> If it turns out that the bulk of those presenting will not be physically
> present, and that attendance by potential reviewers is also potentially
> low, should we think about releasing our slot at the meeting?

If we take the sample present as a representative sample of the active
participants we're at or under 50%, the salient point is we're at 25% of
particpants who asked for presentation slots who will be able to attend.

> I think there is a lot to be said for in-person meetings, but the idea
> of taking up a slot in a busy meeting to hold what might wind up being
> functionally near-identical to a conference call seems slightly silly.
> 
> Two alternatives to an in-person meeting at this particular point in
> time are some energetic marshalling of discussion of the active
> documents on this list, and arranging one or more conference calls if it
> is felt that a timed event is more likely to yield useful work.
> 
> I have no great bias in any particular direction, but it seems sensible
> to ask the question.

indeed.

> I will be in San Francisco for IETF 74, to answer Joel's question :-)
> 
> 
> Joe