On Oct 4, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Abdussalam Baryun <abdussalambaryun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Moonesamy, 20 people in the room who know about the subject and have something interesting to say ([1]) is the best way to run a working group meeting. It’s much better than having 150 people in the room, only 20 of whom know the subject, especially if you don’t know which 20 these are. And it’s much much better than a meeting where the 10 people who know the subject couldn’t make it to the meeting, and the 150 people in the room are all tourists ([2]). So yes, 20 people in a room fit for 100 is kind of wasteful, but we’re limited by what’s available at the venue. I don’t remember specifically about London, but there is often a short supply of small rooms, and those we reserve for IESG meetings, NomCom, the IAOC and other non-WG stuff. So working groups often get scheduled in rooms that are too big. It’s way better than getting a room that’s too small, with people looking in from outside or sitting on the floor. Anyway, bringing in more people from other working groups who aren’t necessarily interested in your subject matter sounds counter-productive to me. It could work if the subjects are really close. NTP and TICTOC have been doing it for years. It works for them, but I don’t think that it’s a good idea in general. Yoav [1] - I wasn’t there and I don’t know anything about MANET, so there’re a lot of assumptions here [2] - I was at that meeting |