On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 01:17:45PM -0400, Lee Howard wrote: > > > On 6/21/17, 9:53 AM, "ietf on behalf of Christian Huitema" > <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx on behalf of huitema@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> > >The problem is that we now are expected to have work going non stop from > >Saturday to Friday. 7 full days. Maybe I am just old, but that does not > >look healthy. > > > >-- Christian Huitema > > That’s already what many of us do, with 12-16 hour days, following our > regular work week the previous week, and slipping actual travel time in > between other work. > > It’s not that anybody expects me to work that amount of time, it’s just > that that’s the amount of work I need to get done during IETF weeks. Many > times I’ve had people want to schedule hours-long meetings on Sunday > “before” IETF, but I have IETF commitments that day. So this updating the > description to match reality. I don't think anyone is disputing that this is updating the description to match reality. I believe Christian's question is an attempt to prompt us to reassess that reality and its sustainability, which seems a fair question to consider. -Ben