On 10/11/2018 09:14, Andrew G. Malis wrote:
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
+100
In addition there will have been wasted money on room bookings by people
that anticipated productive work on Friday.
Furthermore we know where that ends. Thursday becomes the new Friday. We
get WGs reluctant to meet on Thursday afternoon, and fewer people
available to contribute after Thursday lunch time, so we end up loosing
a full day not a partial day. We then get even more meeting clashes...
Thanks for starting the thread
Stewart
