Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-03 Thread Henrik Levkowetz
On Thursday, 2 Sep 2004, George Michaelson wrote: I call again for meetings run over the weekend. midweek to midweek. There's been a number of comments for and against this proposal. To get some numbers on this, it would be good if those for which it matters whether the meetings run

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Tim Chown
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:07:06PM +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: Sometimes this has led to Friday being no sessions, or Friday having just odd sessions (like second slots). Last time, it was pretty full. Pretty full? There were two WG meetings and two BoFs... although (for the

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Jari Arkko
Tim Chown wrote: Pretty full? There were two WG meetings and two BoFs... although (for the first time?) there was an afternoon session (with 1 WG!). (snip) IETF 60: 2 WG, 2 BoF Just a small correction: the DNA group had its second session on Friday too, so I believe this makes the total 3 + 2 =

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread George Michaelson
I call again for meetings run over the weekend. midweek to midweek. 1) cheaper hotel rates for attendees. weekends are cheaper. 2) less congestion in airports for flights. 3) for Europe and Asia, attendance in the USA becomes a loss of two weekends (one either side) and for the Americans,

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On torsdag, september 02, 2004 09:18:13 +0100 Tim Chown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pretty full? There were two WG meetings and two BoFs... although (for the first time?) there was an afternoon session (with 1 WG!). hm. You're right (with corrections as noted). btw - the afternoon session was

RE: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
. Regards, Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George Michaelson Sent: 02 September, 2004 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Tim Chown; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Friday @ IETF61? I call again

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread George Michaelson
Michaelson Sent: 02 September, 2004 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Harald Tveit Alvestrand; Tim Chown; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Friday @ IETF61? I call again for meetings run over the weekend. midweek to midweek. 1) cheaper hotel rates for attendees. weekends are cheaper. 2

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Stig Venaas
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:18:13AM +0100, Tim Chown wrote: [...] I would have no objection to two full WG sessions on a Friday, but I can see why most local (US) attendees would want to head off home at lunchtime (from a US event). Well, some of us Europeans (and possibly others) may have to

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Susan Harris
The same applies to Sunday and Friday but this hasn't caused any problem so-far. Why would Saturday be different? Because (U.S., maybe Pac Rim?) Jewish attendees can get back home in time for Friday night services when we end on Friday. If we end on Saturday, there's no way to get back home

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-02 Thread Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE NCC)
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Melinda Shore wrote: On Thursday, September 2, 2004, at 09:48 AM, Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE NCC) wrote: The same applies to Sunday and Friday but this hasn't caused any problem so-far. Why would Saturday be different? Fridays is actually Friday night. The proscriptions

Re: Friday @ IETF61?

2004-09-01 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On tirsdag, august 31, 2004 12:09:59 +0100 Tim Chown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Are there any real Friday sessions at IETF 61, or not? Someone tried to put v6ops on Friday am at IETF 60, before shifting it out... it would be nice to either have IETF run out to 2-3pm and have some real

Friday @ IETF61?

2004-08-31 Thread Tim Chown
So, Are there any real Friday sessions at IETF 61, or not? Someone tried to put v6ops on Friday am at IETF 60, before shifting it out... it would be nice to either have IETF run out to 2-3pm and have some real sessions, or simply make Friday officially BoFs only... Tim