On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Nadeau <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:37 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/24/2011 4:09 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > >>> It's really not that big a deal. Make sure that audio is working, > >>> that there's a Jabber scribe/Jabber room watcher > > ... > >> I have a concrete suggestion for WG chairs: don't ask for a "Jabber > >> scribe" (which makes it sound as if the hapless volunteer needs to type > >> everything that's said into the chatroom) but instead ask for someone to > >> relay comments from the chatroom to the mic. > > > > > > Basic question: what has been the claimed purpose for doing jabber > scribing? > > > > I thought it was a means of produce raw minutes. A side -- and sometimes > extremely valuable -- benefit is as a relatively real-time alternative > source of information about what is being spoken; this can be quite helpful > for participants who are not native English speakers. > > > > If neither of these purposes are worth the effort, then your suggestion > sounds dandy. If either is sufficiently valuable, then my question is why > your groups haven't needed them. (I'm expecting the answer to be that your > groups didn't feel the need; so my real question is why not?) > > The problem with Jabber is that it has become an apparently > replacement for audio/video conversation/Q&A at WG meetings for remote > participants. I find the jabber feed to be relatively useless at meetings > for this purpose as the chairs do not always notice questions. Using > something like WebEx is far more useful, and I'd suggest making it mandatory > for all WG meetings in the near future to better facilitate remote > participants. > > As jabber scribe, I view part of my responsibility as relaying questions asked on jabber (if no one else is doing so). For groups that have secretaries, I suggest that that be part of the secretary's responsibilities. Regards Marshall > --Tom > > > > > > d/ > > > > -- > > > > Dave Crocker > > Brandenburg InternetWorking > > bbiw.net > > _______________________________________________ > > Ietf mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >
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