At 9:48 AM -0500 12/1/12, Keith Moore wrote:
On 11/29/2012 06:06 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:
On 11/29/12 3:45 PM, Lee Howard wrote:
I can't take notes while I'm standing up, facilitating discussion.
Interesting. I am forced to (only somewhat facetiously) ask: Why
are *you* standing up, facilitating discussion, if you are the
editor? Shouldn't that be the chair's job? More seriously: Since
we started this PowerPoint/Comments-at-the-mic thing oh so many
years ago, doing document reviews in presentation form where the
editor is the one doing the slides has created this problem.
Perhaps a better mode would be for the editor to write up the list
of open issues, have the chair project them if need be, and the
editor can get up to the mic with explanations/questions as needed
but otherwise remain seated so they can jot down the notes they
need. I think I've done something like that a long time ago as an
editor. Worth trying, I'd think.
+1
More generally, every time I go to IETF I'm appalled that working
groups have gotten into the habit of filling the time with
PowerPoint presentations.[*] PowerPoint (and similar tools)
should be used sparingly, if at all. Most of the time, the
projector should be off, or the screen blank.
The point of IETF meetings is to facilitate discussion, not to show
things to people.
PowerPoint tells meeting participants to be passive, or that it's
okay to take up space in the meeting room while browsing the web
and not paying attention, not being engaged. Both of these are
detrimental to IETF work.
Keith
[*] And yes, I realize that this has been the case for over 10
years, but I remember when it was not the case.
When I started, WGs had projectors on, but were used as white boards,
to facilitate discussion. The editor or anyone wanting to discuss an
issue would write out the topics on a transparent sheet of plastic
and project it. As the discussion developed, points would be written
on it. It seemed to work.
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