On 22-Mar-19 10:40, S Moonesamy wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> At 08:47 PM 20-03-2019, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> Yes, I believe it intentionally creates two classes of participants -
>> those with, or without, reasonable personal knowledge of the individual
>> concerned and the situation that has arisen.
>
> My reading of that above is that there is a presumption that an
> attendee which fulfills the requirements would have reasonable and
> personal knowledge of the individual concerned. There is an
> unrelated draft in which it is mentioned that "maximal inclusiveness
> is paramount". The draft also mentioned meetings with a lot of
> "tourists". How is that belief reconciled with what is quoted above?
It's a tussle with no easy answer. However, we all know that human
"relationships" formed on-line with little or no personal human
contact are, or may be, very different from normal human relationships.
So far, the IETF has been very reluctant to abandon its dependency
on face-to-face contact as a social anchor. What we're discussing here
is just one small and rarely used aspect of that. I don't think it can
be fixed in isolation. John Klensin's recent message mentions numerous
aspects of the problem space. I don't have answers.
Brian
