> From: Andy Bierman [mailto:ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > A more workable model would be to treat the current type of > meeting as an Annual Plenary, full of Power-Point laden 2 > hour BOFs, and status meetings of almost no value in the > production of standards-track protocols. Most of the meetings I was in went through the issues list. However there is certainly an advantage to the W3C model where there is an annual plenary for interchange across groups that is separate from the regular meetings (there are advantages and disadvantages to having them be concurrent). The big advantage of the IETF model is that it significantly reduces my travel. The disadvantage is that it reduces the amount of time available to get the issues list done. It also encourages larger WGs but not larger active cores. What I do not like very much is the OASIS model where there is no organization plenary at all. That is something that I will probably push the OASIS management to change at some point. I don't think that the current meetings are power-point laden summaries, but that would actually be useful. I often end up going to sessions at conferences to find out what a WG is intended to achieve. This only happens at IETF in the BOFs. I am not too worried about ending up with a trade show. The real danger as I see it is adding a speaker track or having open access to the trade show. A secondary risk is that people who want to go to attend the IETF would get seconded to man the booth. >From a cost perspective the big problem with trade shows is the down time when everyone is in sessions. Sponsor booths at the opening reception through to the afternoon break on the first day would provide the same promotional value as an all week event, would minimize the incentive to come in just for the show.
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