Re: [802SEC] Socials
Folks,
My intent was in fact to change the purpose from a Social to a Meet and
Greet. We are no longer 600-800, we are 1600 strong. I'm don't think
the social really plays the role it once did. In fact, I know many
people who intentionally skip it. There are many ways to take a break.
I'd say move the tutorial to the middle of the week and make sure we
don't schedule work during that time. Then people still get a break,
and we have more room for tutorials.
The bottom line is that some groups seem to have problems cramming it
all into one week. The bigger we get, the more activities there are,
and the more difficult to get all the actual work done. What I am
proposing is to move the less critical functions outside of the weekly
boundaries. To me, this includes the function of the plenary meeting,
and the social.
In addition I'm trying to move the EC functions from Monday to Sunday.
Frankly they aren't attended by many. We make the effort to fly in
early already. I think those who are truly interested will as well.
Otherwise, I think some WG may start running on the weekend anyway since
they are running out of time during the week.
So what I'm trying to do is move some less critical functions (such as
comment resolution on P&P ballots) outside the Plenary week altogether.
This then leaves room to move other functions to Sunday. If I were to
make the line up, I'd say run the opening EC meeting from 2 to 4 PM.
Have a 1 hour opening plenary from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Have the meet
and greet. I'd couple it with a short tutorial about 802 afterward for
those who haven't been to an 802 meeting before which explains basics
about work flow and attendance and such. I would move the architecture
meeting to be during the week, and a normal part of 802.1 activities.
So that's my suggestions. I know the meet and greet would be less well
attended, but hey that saves us money to. I think it's main purpose
should be as an introduction for new comers, so I don't see it not being
well attended as a problem. The key is to activity encourage new
comings to fly in early for their first Plenary session so as to become
familiar with the operations of 802.
Frankly, I don't think we should be making these decisions alone. I
think we should put together a poll with a couple of key questions along
the lines that 802.11 did, and see what people say. Another possibility
we should consider is allowing WG to start their plenary meetings on the
weekend. It seems some groups may already be looking at that. By the
way, I know some people that flew in Thursday the week before to prep
for the actual plenary week.
Regards,
Mat
Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Member Technical Staff
BAE SYSTEMS, CNIR
Office: +1 973.633.6344
email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org
[mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Tony Jeffree
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:15 PM
To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Socials
Mat et al -
If the objective is to fix the problem of inability to converse due to
the
noise generated by a large group of people, then moving it to Sunday
night
may well be a viable solution, albeit an inequitable one for the reasons
mentioned by others.
However, it seems clear that there is no real solution that fixes all of
the objectives of having a social, so I have to agree with Pat that it
is
well past time to pension it off. There was a time when it was a useful
social gathering and/or opportunity for ritual humiliation of the SEC,
but
that time is long gone.
Regards,
Tony
At 21:36 21/11/2004, Carl R. Stevenson wrote:
>Mat, et all,
>
>I would oppose moving the social to Sunday night ... As Geoff mentioned
in a
>message, that would exclude a very large number of participants, due to
the
>fact that not everyone arrives on Sunday, or at least many arrive quite
late
>on Sunday.
>
>Also, while it would free up time on Monday, I would also oppose moving
the
>opening EC meeting to Sunday for the same reason. It would mean that
the EC
>meeting would, effectively, be less open to attendance by interested
>parties.
>
>Regards,
>Carl
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org
> > [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of
> > Sherman, Matthew J. (US SSA)
> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 6:53 PM
> > To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
> > Subject: Re: [802SEC] Socials
> >
> > Pat,
> >
> > An alternative I've raised is the possibility to moving the
> > Social to Sunday Night as a meet and greet. We can couple it
> > with an introduction to 802 session. Also, since most of us
> > are here on Sunday anyway, we can move the opening EC
> > meetings to Sunday. I'm moving ballot resolution to telecom
> > so that should make some room.
> >
> > Just some ideas.
> >
> > Mat
> >
> > Matthew Sherman, Ph.D.
> > Senior Member Technical Staff
> > BAE SYSTEMS, CNIR
> > Office: +1 973.633.6344
> > email: matthew.sherman@baesystems.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org
> > [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Pat
Thaler
> > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 6:30 PM
> > To: STDS-802-SEC@listserv.ieee.org
> > Subject: [802SEC] Socials
> >
> > I think we should put the question raised by 802.11 of
> > whether to continue having socials to our working groups at
> > the next plenary. On the one hand, I hate to get rid of the
> > opportunity to meet each other in a less formal setting than
> > our meetings. On the other hand, as we get larger it isn't
> > clear that socials are working.
> >
> > It is becoming increasingly difficult to locate people in
> > these large gatherings.
> >
> > The noise level is often so high that conversation is
> > difficult - a positive feedback loop that results in a hoarse
throat.
> >
> > Because of these factors I know some people don't choose to
> > attend the social.
> >
> > The cost seems much higher than the benefit they are
> > providing - over $30 a head at the last plenary.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pat
> >
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