On 4 Oct 2014, at 9:44 am, S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> * Finalising the agenda (far) before it currently is, so that people can make firm (and economic) travel plans without blocking out an entire week > > The agenda of a session is supposed to be finalized at least two weeks before. As you are a working group chair you already know how it goes. :-) Instead of arguing about why it is difficult to finalise an agenda I don’t see anyone arguing about *why* it’s difficult to finalise the agenda — that seems to be well-understood. > I'll ask you how much notice would the developers and implementers require for travel scheduling. At least two months for the draft agenda; preferably three. Long-distance airfares generally start rising in that period of time, and most people who don’t do this for a living need to request and obtain permission to travel, which can add weeks of delay. Regards. -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/