I've asked to do so a few times in the IETF, but I've been allowed to put myself "virtually" in line for the mike, when I'm taking notes for a working group, so I can keep typing. Then all I have to do is figure out what *I* said later... Spencer > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Braden [mailto:braden@ISI.EDU] > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:33 AM > To: randy@psg.com; tytso@mit.edu > Cc: mrose+mtr.netnews@dbc.mtview.ca.us; ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: movies vs chat logs > > > > *> working group can often take better minutes than an > outsider. On the > *> other hand, it is very hard to take good minutes and/or > scribe while > *> participating in the discussion, and often the minutes > will suffer for > *> those portions of the meeting where the minute-taker > also wants to > *> join into the discussion. (Or stand in line at the mike, etc.) > > In any of the WG meetings I have attended in the last 10 > years, it would > not have been hard to find a person in the room who was not > participating > in the discussion. In fact, 95-99% of the people in the room were > non-participants and were therefore potential note takers. > > Bob Braden