I agree with Brian. IETF has no king. If the badge said that somebody is a chair, it may imply that there has a "king". dot is better ! Jiankang Yao ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian E Carpenter" <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Carsten Bormann" <cabo@xxxxxxx> Cc: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:05 PM Subject: Re: Getting rid of the dot > On 18/03/2013 22:10, Carsten Bormann wrote: >> I wouldn't mind replacing my blue dot with an indication *what* WG I chair, and in which area that is. >> >> Might be a bit more logistics when chairs change, but nothing that can't be solved with a DYMO labelmaker. > > I can only speak for myself, but I find badges hard enough to take > in at a glance even with the current amount of dot clutter. I don't > think that adding more detail is wise, and I think the notion that > "dot = knows what's going on" is simple and useful, even without > decoding the colour. > > Heresy: I'm *not* convinced that putting labels on newcomers is such > a good idea, because it has exactly the opposite implication to a dot > of any colour. > > Brian