Re: Effective discourse in the IETF

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Someone else wrote:
    >>> If a speaker withholds useful input because he/she perceives it would be
    >>> impolite, or taken as impolite, that impedes IETF's goals.

    >>> If people suppress useful input because they perceive it as impolite,
    >>> that also impedes IETF's goals.
    >>
    >>> If an audience discredits useful input because he/she perceives it as
    >>> impolite, that also impedes IETF's goals.
    >>> Have you seen evidence of that happening?  I haven't.

Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > Yes, I've seen numerous examples of each of the above.

I claim it happens every time we sit through 47 slides of 9pt text crammed
into a 5 minute slot.   The chair failed to communicate with the presenter,
often because they were being too polite.

--
Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works
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