[Sorry for the possible duplicate; my posting from last night hasn't appeared yet.]
During the plenary yesterday, it came out that the IETF has retained the working group attendance sheets ("blue sheets") from previous meetings, and those are occasionally the subject of subpoenas.
In the interest of minimizing IETF overhead and reducing legal risks to individual participants, I'd like to see those old records destroyed. And, though there appeared to be a variety of opinions, it sounded like I wasn't alone in this.
The reason typically given for the attendance lists is planning meeting room capacity. That purpose could easily be accomplished with a headcount or by counting the number of names on the attendee list then immediately destroying the list. Most of us aren't mathematicians by training: we should be able to count the number of people in the room.
What harms would come from destroying those old records and/or not collecting such details in the future? And how widespread is the support for destroying them?
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