> > To elaborate, my understanding is that the rules for > teleconferencing > > are governed by the rules for interim meetings, which require > > something like one month's advance notice plus attendance > requirements > > at the previous IETF, and a minimum period of time between > meetings. > I will also note that telling people they cannot meet to > discuss things is about as effective as telling water it > cannot flow downhill. In any case, what is "teleconferencing"? Does it include someone running a realtime meeting on an IM service? Note that these days, IM services can include video and audio. If you use a service like that provided by webex.com does that make it a teleconference? If you have an audio conference call using SIP/VoIP over the Internet, is that a teleconference? One wonders why the IETF persists in using old technology long after the real world has shifted to leveraging the very technology that the IETF created in the first place? Really, the place for experiments is to supplement mailing lists with a variety of other Internet-based interaction technologies. Experiment with various of these possibilities and find out what works. This should take the load off the face-to-face meetings so that there is no need to extend IETF meetings. Maybe they could even be shortened? --Michael Dillon _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf