> Dan> [Dan] Why would a color coded badge-per-day system would be
> an
> Dan> administrative nightmare? Like Monday = green, Tuesday =
> Yellow,...,Blue =
> Dan> the whole week. I do not think that this would require more badge
> screening
> Dan> than today. This would certainly encourage a more focused
> participation
> Dan> planning.
>
> That would be fine, but there are three problems that I see:
> 1) schedule changes (such as to get a group into a bigger room, to add
> additional time for issues, etc.) would be impossible.
[Dan] Schedule changes are usually done within the same day, just
because some people do plan for specific working group(s) attendance anyway.
I cannot remember changes made at the last moment that involved moving a
meeting from one day to another.
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> 2) it doesn't make the hotel issue any easier, as we have less buying
> power.
[Dan] Maybe, but the goal of this discussion is lowering the
crowding...
> 3) It guarantees that newcomers will not be there on Sunday for an
> orientation session.
[Dan] Newcomers orientation meeting should be open.
>
> I like the idea of encouraging more interum meetings.
[Dan] I do like interim meetings as well. Some of the interim
meetings I was involved in were very productive. However, my impression is
that the IESG does not encourage them - they would rather see Working Groups
using the e-mail lists.
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