> On 14 Apr 2020, at 16:14, Rob Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> The challenge is having meaningful and non-chaotic discussions, which is >> easier with a smaller sized audience. > > With all online events, ‘non-chaotic’ means (IMHO) moderated by > someone other than the speaker (come to think of it, that applies to > in-person events just as much).
Well, the in-person Council round tables have been fine, but typically have been designed for ~20 people. > Zoom has the ‘raise hand’ function which means the moderator can come > to each statement-disguised-as-a-question in turn. Perhaps I wasn’t explicit enough. I’d hope a round table meeting can work without moderation, where we wouldn’t try a fuller Council event (~100 people) without moderation. We’ll see. > At the IETF plenary a couple of weeks back people just put ‘+q’ in the > Webex chat box to add themselves to the queue. > > If we did get more people than average participating, that would be a > pleasant surprise. We have the flexibility to give the Zoom details to any number of people. We’ll adjust (non) moderation accordingly. Tim
