On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 4:51 AM Rob Sayre <sayrer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:57 PM Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Nevertheless, the fact is that big
companies can (and do) send more people, and provide more sponsorship
(such as hosting meetings, and funding Area Directors), than small
companies. If they didn't get something back for that, they would
complain, or simply withdraw their resources.This seems like one of those things that might not "return to normal".IETF work seems to be proceeding fine without people flying long distances to sit in a hotel conference room and look at their laptops.
Its quite possible this may wind up being true. That said, at least for me, we are also likely operating on momentum that has been built up over a number of months / years. Understanding what work look like, and what changes we may need to expect, may not be manifest for some time.
Not to overly correlate this to "day-job", but I can certainly say there are differences in a full remote model vs. hybrid model. What we can get done, and how work gets done is not the same IMO. I am not suggesting we can't operate fully remote, I am just unsure on what that means.
Where as many do "look at their laptops", there is considerable social interaction which is not immaterial to how we work (after all, we are all still human - for now).
regards,
Victor K
thanks,Rob
