Whenever I see a presentation about the editorial progress of some draft, I find myself wondering - does _anybody_ here need to be watching this? If someone has typed in this summary in PPT, couldn't it as easily be posted to the WG mailing list, or placed in the appendix of the I-D?
Face to face time seems better used for interaction.
From the top of my head, there are at least three kinds of
presentations I see frequently at the IETFs:
a) about 5 slides (or less) of background for the work, some major points, and maybe what has changed, on the last slide soliciting for input on certain specific topics,
b) presentations where the document editor goes through all the open issues in the document (typically sent to the list beforehand, but no comments there), trying to use face-to-face time for discussion and gaining consensus on these items
c) longer presentations which often result in focus getting lost.
Do you see other kinds? Do you feel (at least) a) and b) are good use of our time?
In any case, what I've seen in a dozen or two IETF presentations I made during the last year or so that people don't usually jump up and start discussing, unless you have a contentious topic or phrase the questions really well (in a contentiuous manner)? Or maybe it's just my bad presentations..
Maybe the audience is also not what it once used to be.. :)
-- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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