During previous technical sessions I mailed an announcement about the technical plenary and in those announcements I've asked something along the lines of:
> If you consider asking a question during the open-microphone session it
> would be helpful to send that question to the IAB<iab@xxxxxxx> in advance.
> In that way we may be able to think about the problem and answer your
> question effectively. Note that sending in a question is _not_ a
> requirement for asking one.
I believe that submitting questions in advance will help to get concise questions asked (because some thought went into phrasing them) and get pointed answers (because some thought went into answering them). In fact the questions may be shared by the larger group and not just the individual opinions of the folk that are happen to be on stage.
FWIW, in the sessions I had asked this questions nobody walked up during the microphone. I just forgot to add the paragraph in this weeks announcement.
--Olaf
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