One issue to consider about having an entirely virtual meeting is what are the implication on participants in different time zone. Attending few scattered session may not be a big issue but if one wants to attend many sessions it becomes a problem. My personal experience when trying to attend a QUIC WG Interim meeting in Japan was very bad. 1. The meeting time for me was from 2:00AM till 10:00 AM. (9:00-17:00 in Japan) for three days. 2. I used the lunch break to try to catch some sleep, due to lack of enough time to sleep 3. Starting at 2:00 AM did not provide enough time to have a healthy night sleep before starting my daily attendance. 4. The recovery from the "jetlag" was much slower than when attending the meeting in person. My conclusion was that I will try to avoid as much as I can this mode of participating from remote in a meeting that takes a couple of days in which I have to attend multiple sessions. It is not healthy. One other advantage of a f2f meeting is the "official" and non-official off line sessions/meetings that I find very productive while attending the IETF meeting If a full virtual meeting will happen and use Vancouver time zone than daily meeting from 9-18 will be 19-4AM for me Roni Even > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Alston > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:48 AM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: IETF 107 and Corona Virus? > > Hi All, > > I am just wondering if there are any thoughts on the status of the IETF 107 > meeting in light of the corona virus. > > Particularly in light of the fact that for safety reasons mobile world congress > has been cancelled and we're seeing other events being cancelled in light of > this as well. Should it be considered a safe and responsible move to go > ahead with this meeting or should we be looking at an entirely virtual > meeting in light of the situation? > > Andrew
