+1 Dave CROCKER wrote: > > IESG Secretary wrote: >> This statement provides IESG guidance on interim IETF Working Group >> meetings, conference calls, and jabber sessions. > > Good note. > > >> Historically the work of the IETF has been conducted over mailing lists. >> This practice ensures the widest possible involvement in the working >> group process. This practice is not as efficient in terms of producing >> specifications as extended face-to-face meetings but is much more >> inclusive. > > > In attending meetings for a group that does all its work in extended > face-to-face discussions, I discovered another benefit of the mailing-list > orientation of the IETF: deliberation. > > When a reliance on face-to-face meetings is coupled with any sort of timely > deadline, the group is forced to make potentially precipitous decisions. > > When discussion and decision-making can extend over the longer period of > email > discussion, the decision-making has much more opportunity to consider > implications and recover from problematic choices.
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