On 5/15/19 3:23 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
This seems like a good idea. However, I find that the in-person mic
line format of "discussions" isn't a great way to actually discuss
things. Very few people get up to the mic, there is the language
barrier for a non-trivial amount of attendees, and very few people (or
the total in the room) actually step up to ask questions. This is of
course different in different WGs, the span of different ways of doing
things is substantial.
So let's take a step back and ask what the presentation of a draft
actually adds. I believe it's the overview format of creating a slide
deck that present the introduction to the draft that gives this added
overview of what the draft is trying to achieve, and then people can
decide what it is they are interested in.
yes.
These interims, they by their nature means people all across the globe
need to participate at the same time. This is a strain on some people
regardless of when on the 24 hour clock it is. So perhaps instead if
each draft author who wants a slot on the WG agenda has to create a
standalone slide deck that sums up the meat of the draft in 5-10
slides together with the intro/abstract of the draft (which then by
virtue of need of gathering attention has to actually sum up the draft
properly), and then there is a non-synchronised "virtual interim" that
is a one week review period and then people have to "upvote" or
similar if they think the draft makes sense to bring on the agenda.
This would involve developing new systems but shouldn't be too
complicated.
+1
Keith
