On 6 Mar 2020, at 2:32, Alissa Cooper wrote:
On Mar 5, 2020, at 8:30 PM, Alissa Cooper <alissa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One thing that becomes obvious while serving in the IETF
leadership is that no-win situations are unavoidable. If you try to
make decisions based on objective criteria and take your time to
gather data, you get criticized. If you try to make decisions based
on anecdotal evidence or take what seems to be the path of least
resistance, you get criticized. If you follow the advice of one group
of participants, you get criticized by a different group that
disagrees. It can seem like an endless, thankless torrent of messages
telling you that no matter what you do, it’s wrong and it isn’t
good enough.
So I’d like to say thank you to everyone on the IESG, Colin, Jay,
Greg, the team at AMS, and the WG and RG chairs for all they’ve
done thus far to help manage the IETF 107 meeting planning in light
of COVID-19. Your work is appreciated.
I failed to include the NOC team and MeetEcho in my list. Many thanks.
+1
Really appreciate the effort and the attempt to come to a good decision
without taking a lighthearted approach.
It seems that in times of uncertainties and information overflow, we
tend to turn to authoritarian behavior, i.e., expect authorities to know
everything, make the decisions for us and then blame them for not acting
early enough — or too early.
What would help the executive folks most is hard data, i.e., if you are
registered and you already know you cannot make it, just cancel and pay
the cancellation fee.
Best regards,
Dirk
