Hi Brian and Nina, On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 8:30 PM Brian Trammell (RIPE) <ietf+ripe@trammell.ch> wrote:
We've also decided to try [..] organizing something that would be difficult-to-impossible to do without heavy logistical lifting for the in-person meeting: holding a joint meeting with the IRTF's [..] (MAP) Research Group.
I believe this is an excellent decision. Let's see how it goes, maybe it would become a good practice for other working groups.
We've heard disappointment from some of you about our decision to opt out of having a virtual meeting at RIPE 80.
Not me, for the record. I personally started to think that large virtual events don't bring in a lot of sense. Take IETF: maybe half of the WGs I participate in are just skipping the (costly for some) IETF 108, opting for free-of-charge virtual interim calls instead. E.g. dnsop had two or maybe three interims throughout the spring and summer. The change in the format of the WG collaboration, like the one MAT WG would be experimenting with in August, IMO is either necessary, or inevitable, or both. -- Töma