> It did indeed seem that the significant majority of
> time was spent 'viewing presentations/tutorials',
> while the WG chairs frequently employed RED/discard
> on the folks that occupied the queues at the
> microphones in order to more promptly begin the
> next tutorial and finish within the alloted time.
for many groups, the number of active participants is so small
that there's really no need for a microphone ... except that
due to the large number of passive observers they have to meet in
a room which is so large and so noisy that amplification becomes
necessary. and the medium access time for a microphone queue
is sufficiently large that having a microphone drastically
reduces available bandwidth at a meeting.
Keith
