Wes,

On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:43 PM, George, Wes wrote:

> I'm sorry to harp on this Sandy, and I appreciate your apology, but frankly I 
> think this communications breakdown is far larger than whether you 
> accidentally missed a bit of the letter of the law on scheduling process 
> because of timezones and missed email addresses, so I want to make sure that 
> what I believe to be the real problem is addressed.
> 
> How is it that these interim meetings have been scheduled without soliciting 
> the WG for acceptable dates PRIOR to setting the date?
> 
> How did you determine that an(other) interim was necessary and the 
> appropriateness of the date chosen? I gather that consensus to hold an 
> interim or when/where it is held is not strictly required[*], but it seems 
> odd to me that the WG list wouldn't be involved in the discussion until the 
> mandatory notification deadline.
> 
> In fairness to the chairs, the NANOG interim's timing and location were more 
> self-explanatory, which is why I didn't bring this up before. Also, I should 
> have posted about my travel schedule conflict as soon as I saw the 3/7 
> announcement, but that announcement was an invite to a webex session, 
> implying at least to me that things were already scheduled, rather than 
> soliciting feedback regarding the date, so I let it go until I saw others 
> raising questions about the scheduling.
> 
> So while we're making notes for next time, I believe that this process should 
> start with "dear WG, an interim meeting has been requested to discuss 
> $topic(s). Here are some candidate dates [and locations]. Please respond with 
> feedback."
> This obviously has to happen well enough prior to the candidate dates to 
> ensure that you have the proper time to work through the process, so if 4 
> weeks notification are necessary, that discussion probably has to start at 6 
> weeks out.
> 
> 
> * From http://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/interim-meetings.html :
> "Area Directors will advise the Working Group Chair on interim face-to-face 
> meeting location, timing, and other aspects of the proposed meeting that with 
> a goal of not unfairly favoring some subset of the potential participants or 
> not unfairly biasing the working group discussions. Working Group Chairs will 
> evaluate the proposed conference call or jabber session logistics for similar 
> fairness concerns, consulting with Area Directors as necessary to resolve any 
> concerns raised by potential participants."
> 
> I'm wondering if perhaps the above needs to be amended to recommend/require 
> discussion on the WG list? Anyone have opinions on that?

I second your comment on the need to discuss in the mailing list timing and 
location of interim meeting previous to any formal process to start.

When I first saw the webex invite for a meeting in late March I thought it was 
related with the collaboration tools for the normal IETF meeting.

Roque


> Wes George
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>> Murphy, Sandra
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:38 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [sidr] SIDR Interim 24/March is CANCELLED
>> 
>> In the flurry of apologetic emails that preceeded and followed this
>> announcement, I did not apolgize to the working group.
>> 
>> This was my strictly my bungle, in two different directions.
>> 
>> First, I announced the meeting to the sidr mailing list within the time frame
>> required by process.  The bungle was that I did not copy the iesg-secretary 
>> as
>> I MEANT to do and I KNEW is required by process.  I noticed this myself the
>> next week, but too late to meet the required deadline.  I informed the iesg-
>> secretary.  They sent the announcement and complaints of process violation
>> came in immediately.
>> 
>> Second, I announced the agenda as is required by process one week ahead of
>> time, by my local time zone.  However, due to the time of day and time zone
>> differences, it was reckoned the next day in other time zones.
>> 
>> --Sandy, the apologetic wg co-chair
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