On 20/03/2013 13:42, Ben Campbell wrote: > On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:09 AM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> However, I think an important part of that is ensuring that people >> do *not* focus exclusively on a specific target, even if they are >> busy people as Ben said. > > Change the sense of "ensuring" to "encouraging", and I agree. But as worded, that sounds a lot like making it harder for someone to focus on the work they are interested in. I think that's more likely to make people stop coming than making them generalize their work. Yes, my phrasing was careless. But we really do need to encourage cross-currents. For me personally, that's one of the main benefits of the IETF format and it would be sad to be too inward looking. Brian