> >Sunday with little to do other than catch up on work that really > >should have been done before I arrived. So maybe doing more on Sunday > >would be a possibility. > > This is an interesting suggestion. > > The two negatives are that a) some people do not work on Sunday, and 2) > those currently traveling to the IETF on Sunday would be forced to do it on > Saturday.
One can make similar arguments for the later end of the week: We could hold meetings until Friday afternoon (or evening) and leave on Friday evening (or Saturday). But some people do not work on Saturday (or for that matter, on Friday evening). I don't think we should try to choose between those who don't work on Saturday and those who don't work on Sunday. I actually think our scheduling is within epsilon of optimal. Five days (currently Sunday evening - Friday morning) seems to be about as much as we can handle anyway. No matter which day of the week we end on, many people are going to leave a bit early, and the last meeting slot is going to be unpopular. Keith
