Hi John,
At 12:03 PM 15-08-2023, John C Klensin wrote:
(3) The statement "Interim meetings of any type are integral to
the IETF way of working," is, AFAICT, false. Every WG that has
managed to get through all of its work in the last
quarter-century without holding even one interim meeting is a
counterexample. Perhaps it is the intention of the IESG to
change that or perhaps the IESG is just adjusting to trends in
that direction, but those would be rather fundamental changes,
for which see the next two items.
The following is from a previous IESG statement:
"There is a long history in the IETF of working groups
occasionally holding "interim" face-to-face meetings between
the regular IETF meetings to focus on specific issues or
resolve specific problems."
I could not find any information about what prompted the change from
"occasionally" to "integral". In addition, the statement is not
aligned with the statistics for past interim meetings.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
