ineffective use of meeting time

[Aaron Falk]

Keith-

I agree with you frusteration but I also think that a short
presentation is useful for focusing the group on the topic at hand to
get a more useful discussion.  If you want to have disussion on a
bunch of topics...

--aaron

Keith Moore wrote:
> I just realized that the problem-statement WG is currently providing a 
> very good example of one of our biggest problems with the way we do 
> work:
> 
> we have precious little face-to-face meeting time.  despite this, we 
> spend the vast majority of our meetings in presentations of material 
> that could (in most cases) easily be published as internet-drafts and 
> read by participants at other times.
> 
> the one thing we can do in meetings that we can't do online is discuss 
> things face-to-face, and take advantage of the increased fidelity and 
> bandwidth of communication in meatspace.  this is often incredibly 
> useful for reducing dissent and promoting closure. but when we try to 
> do this in meetings, we are told that the agenda is full with speakers 
> and that we are already behind schedule.
> 
> Keith