I would like to start a discussion on the Friday experiment. I, for one, thought that it was a resounding failure. Based on the room reservations in the meeting wiki, there were 8 rooms available on Friday, but only 5 side meetings, most of which were for only an hour or two, which was a huge underutilization of the resources that the IETF was paying for.
The experiment also had at least two detrimental effects on the IETF agenda:
- Many WGs had less time than was needed to address the topics or drafts that needed discussion
- There were a number of unfortunate conficts, expecially in the Routing area.
My personal hope is that this experiment will not be repeated, and we go back to our previous meeting agenda.
Cheers,
Andy
