Subject: disman discussions in Salt Lake City

From: Randy Presuhn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:29:59 -0800 (PST)

Hi -

As disman WG chair, I offer a gentle reminder resulting
from A-D nudging.

If you have a document on the agenda for discussion in the
disman working group session in Salt Lake City, please remember
that "presentations" are not "the IETF way".  However,

        1) Slides enumerating open issues or points of
        controversy can be useful in leading face-to-face
        discussion to a resolution, but are most effective
        *HINT* if those topics have been discussed in some
        depth on the WG mailing list prior to the meeting.

        2) Tables of the pros and cons for topics in need of
        resolution can also be useful, especially if there
        has been some exploration of the alternatives on
        the WG mailing list prior to the meeting.

        3) Figures to explain how things fit together can be
        useful, especially if the figure is proposed for
        inclusion in a document and has been discussed on
        the mailing list.

        4) Tutorial, remedial, and marketing material will
        be dismissed with all due disdain.

If there is not a critical mass of people at the session
who have read a given document, we'll reallocate the time
to other topics.

We're supposed to be wrapping up the alarm work real soon now.
The clock is ticking...

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