On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:34, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Nicely said. On your last point: > Indeed, rather than asking how we can optimise the meeting location > for people who live at 1234 Pine Street, Springfield, USA, why don't > we ask why we are having three meetings a year? I hear there's > something called the Internet. Do we really need _everybody_ to get > together in one place so often? Especially given that we have such a > globally dispersed population that we now have to trek all over the > globe for meetings? Maybe we need to have more interim virtual > meetings, and fewer in-person meetings. WGs can and should apply discipline to make email the primary mode of interacting, with occasional virtual meetings and even more occasional physical meetings. Just because there is a physical meeting doesn't mean a WG should let issues pile up to be resolved there. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf