ineffective use of meeting time

Bound, Jim Jim.Bound at hp.com
Sun Mar 23 22:38:57 CET 2003


Our meetings have become usually status updates.  What Keith is stating
is the "fun" part of the IETF but rare.
/jim

 


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Moore [mailto:moore at cs.utk.edu] 
>Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 1:00 PM
>To: problem-statement at alvestrand.no
>Cc: Keith Moore
>Subject: ineffective use of meeting time
>
>
>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
>
>


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