I won't cut all the meetings but for I would encourage to have some (or all) interim WG meetings fully online. We tried once in sidr, it didn't work very well but I am sure that we can improve it. Regards, as On 10/11/2012 15:08, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 08:00:19PM -0500, Arturo Servin wrote: >> People is asking how to evolve the IETF, well, one possibility is to >> start thinking global and to reach more people outside the common venues. > > Another is to not have any (physical) meetings, ever. I've heard > all the arguments against this approach for years, and I think they're > all oudated: every kind of interaction that's possible in a physical > meeting is now possible in an online one. It's simply a matter of > having the will to commit to the technology and to work through the > (no doubt numerous) issues that will surface while using it. > > This facilitates more involvement. It dramatically cuts costs. > It avoids the hassles and risks of travel, including the increasingly > privacy-hostile intrusions of various governments. It's more flexible. > It allows near-global participation regardless of geography, schedule, > budget, etc. > > And more than anything, it would show that the IETF is actually committed > to, you know, *using the Internet*. > > ---rsk >