The other point to bear in mind here is that even if travel etc. returns to normal, the economy won't bound back immediately. It is highly likely most of us will be operating under really tight budgets if at all.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:05 PM Michael StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 3/23/2020 12:31 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
> I have no idea what the state of the world will be regarding the July IETF meeting, but given the current state and lack of a vaccine, I really hope that the IESG and LLC are working hard to plan an all virtual IETF July meeting. Perhaps extensions to Meetecho that could make that possible. Lots of challenges for sure, but I think there is time to prepare.
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> Hopefully it won’t be necessary, but good to have a workable plan in place.
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> Bob
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I've been thinking about buying VR gear, with an eye to being able to
recreate some of the informal parts of the IETF meetings, but I haven't
been able to find any software that would allow for 100+ people in the
same virtual space using VR.
I would be surprised (e.g. I wouldn't use *your* money to bet on it) if
we had an in-person July meeting and I'm not sanguine about the Bangkok
meeting happening either. One of the side effects of "flattening the
curve" is the extension of time for which we have to be vigilant and I
think that is going to bring us out to the end of the year and possibly
later. I haven't actually seen any math on this, but given that the
area under the curve is constant in either case, it ought to be possible
to estimate where the drop off is rather than making guesses.
Mike
