On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:11:39AM -0400, Scott O. Bradner wrote: > the reason that the blue sheets were created was as part of maintaining > a full record of the open standards process - the question of room size > was never considered > > the basic idea is discussed in section 8 of RFC 2026 > > > Each of the organizations involved in the development and approval of > Internet Standards shall publicly announce, and shall maintain a > publicly accessible record of, every activity in which it engages, to > the extent that the activity represents the prosecution of any part > of the Internet Standards Process. For purposes of this section, the > organizations involved in the development and approval of Internet > Standards includes the IETF, the IESG, the IAB, all IETF Working > Groups, and the Internet Society Board of Trustees. > > 2026 does not specifically mention maintaining a list of who was > at the meetings but that is clarly a part of a full record > > in addition, RFC 2418 section 3.1 requires obtaining a list of attendees > > All working group sessions (including those held outside of the IETF > meetings) shall be reported by making minutes available. These > minutes should include the agenda for the session, an account of the > discussion including any decisions made, and a list of attendees. The > Working Group Chair is responsible for insuring that session minutes > are written and distributed, though the actual task may be performed > by someone designated by the Working Group Chair. The minutes shall > be submitted in printable ASCII text for publication in the IETF > Proceedings, and for posting in the IETF Directories and are to be > sent to: minutes@xxxxxxxx > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf Pointing this out for completeness sake, it is not currently required to sign said sheets to participate in WG sessions. In dim memory, there was discussion of creating/using tracking technology (RFIDs in badges) to obviate the need to sign in. -- --bill Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise). _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf