> On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Pete Resnick <presnick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > But more seriously: I agree with you both. The deadline is silly. > +1 +1 > The deadline originated because the secretariat needed time to post all of those drafts (by hand) before the meeting. The notion of an automated tool that blocks submissions for two weeks before the meeting is just silly. All the more so since it just leads people to use informal distribution methods. I don't recall a case where a chair forbid the discussion of a draft distributed this way. I recall hearing something once about routing around obstacles... Pity we don't internalize such principles fully. Ned