Subject: [IRTF-Announce] Reminder: IETF 112 plenary *today* at 13:30-15:00 UTC

From: IETF Chair <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 15:15:30 +0200

Hi,

as a reminder, the IETF 112 plenary is scheduled as en experiment *today* at 13:30-15:00 UTC, i.e., in about 15 minutes.

The Meetecho link is https://meetings.conf.meetecho.com/ietf112/?group=ietf&short=plenary&item=1 <https://meetings.conf.meetecho.com/ietf112/?group=ietf&short=plenary&item=1>.

See https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/agenda/ <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/agenda/> the full IETF 112 agenda.

Lars Eggert
IETF Chair

Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: IETF Chair <[email-masked]>
> Subject: Experiment: Holding the IETF 112 plenary on Nov 3, 2021
> Date: September 24, 2021 at 10:11:57 GMT+3
> To: IETF-Announce <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], IETF <[email-masked]>
> Reply-To: The IESG <[email-masked]>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> based on the feedback received on the proposal to move the IETF 112
> plenary to the week before the meeting [1], the IESG has decided to go
> ahead with the experiment.  We did receive some feedback indicating
> that the proposed experiment is problematic in certain ways for some
> individuals, but feel that actually running the experiment is still
> appropriate, in order to get data about how it affects the overall
> community.
> 
> The IETF 112 plenary will hence already be scheduled on Wednesday, 3
> November 2021, in the time slot of 13:30-15:00 UTC, or 14:30-16:00
> Madrid time. At notable extremes, this begins at 06:30 in San Francisco
> and ends at 02:00 in Sydney, with some of the less popular hours over
> the Pacific.
> 
> The IESG will evaluate the success of this experiment based on the
> following criteria after its conclusion, in consultation with the
> community:
> 
> * An improvement in survey responses reporting session conflicts
>  compared to previous IETF online meetings
> 
> * Positive response to a new survey question about subjective
>  satisfaction with the format change
> 
> * Elimination of a ninth track, and a reduction in formal conflicts in
>  the final agenda compared to previous online meetings
> 
> * Little or no reduction in plenary attendance (< 15%) compared to other
>  online plenaries in European time zones (i.e., IETFs 108 and 110)
> 
> * The subjective experience of the IESG and Secretariat in attempting to
>  minimize conflicts during IETF 112
> 
> Not all of these metrics must show improvement for the experiment to be
> considered a success, neither does a regression in any of necessarily
> indicate failure. The relative weights of these considerations are a
> subject for IESG the follow-up discussion and community consultation.
> 
> Lars Eggert
> IETF Chair (on behalf of the IESG)
> 
> [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/z3FZnHmcuxDevC4BkmoY8I89yPk/