[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have submitted the first of three drafts discussing Remote Hubs. > Please provide comments on the VMEET list. > > Three types of remote hubs are defined. Each has its own characteristics. > > - Remote Participation Hubs > - Remote Viewing Hubs > - Enduring Local Meetups > > The first document defines a Remote Participation Hub (RPH). > Other documents are coming to define the other types of hubs. > A common structure of sections will be used as far as possible for all > hub types. > > URL: > https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-elkins-ietf-remote-participation-hubs-00.txt
This reads as overly bureaucratic; and IMHO fails to describe a useful concept. IETF weeks have always been intended to attract participants to work they are not already familiar with. But even if we were to abandon that, it would still be necessary to provide an opportunity for participants at a Remote Participation Hub to also, at a minimum, follow other sessions not managed by the folks in charge of the Remote Participation Hub. Without that ability, experienced IETF folks would have to decline to be phsically present at a Remote Participation Hub. Thus, I regard managing a Remote Participation Hub (in accordance with this document) as pointless. I do understand that there exist companies that would be willing to provide a room for their employees to "attend" a single session; but this IMHO is outside the ethos of the IETF, and should not be allowed to increase the burden on the folks who arrange and manage IETF weeks. (There is no reason companies can't already do that without creating the bureaucratic burden.) A more useful definiton af "Remote Participation Hib" would be a place where experienced IETF participants may meet together to "participate" in an IETF week without the current burdens of travel, visas, etc., and invite potential IETF participants to get a taste of what an IETF week is like. -- John Leslie <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://mipassoc.org/dkim/ietf-list-rules.html. https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/vmeet
