RE: [LinkSec] Bridge Details
I'm biting :-)
FWIW, here is what IETF is doing - it enables remote participation to its meetings for almost ten years. IP multicast is used for this purpose, providing live video distribution over the Internet of what is going on in the meeting room. Lately, a chat-like technology is being used to allow easier contact and free off-line discussion of remote or even in-room participants - with one in-room participant acting as mediator between the chat and the room.
On the minus side - this technology requires some Internet competency to use. IETF does not lack this, and the sponsoring organization takes usually care of networking the event. It also comes at a price. The IETF meeting registration fees are higher than the IEEE registration fees and enhanced connectivity capabilities may be part of the cost tag.
However, it is my believe that 802 needs to change rules, and adapt to the current environment, characterized by travel restrictions and increased technological capability of remote participation. After all, probably nobody disputes the fact that in 20 or 50 years from now such meetings will be virtual, we are just arguing about the timeframe :-)
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dolors Sala [mailto:dolors@ieee.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:52 PM
> To: stds-802-linksec@ieee.org; Russ Housley
> Subject: Re: [LinkSec] Bridge Details
>
>
>
> Russ and all,
>
> This was an initiative decided last minute and we did not
> have time to solve
> all logistics to get a good quality set up. We need to see if
> this is needed
> in the future. Next meeting is a plenary meeting therefore it
> should not be
> needed.
>
> In addition to the logistics there are some procedures that need to be
> addressed before this can be applied in a regular basis. The
> IEEE802 rules
> does not contemplate remote access to meetings. Therefore,
> there is a need
> to define rules for remote participation. 802 executive
> members want these
> issues to be addressed first. The main issue I heart is the
> voting rights of
> people calling in. There is also the opinion that meetings
> are organized to
> have face-to-face interaction. However, we have participants
> from several
> WGs and we do not collocate.
>
> It is quite an effort to make this available and hence I
> would like to get
> some feedback from the group on how useful this can be to increase
> participation, and hear additional suggestions that may help too.
>
> Please comment,
>
> Dolors
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Housley" <housley@vigilsec.com>
> To: <stds-802-linksec@ieee.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [LinkSec] Bridge Details
>
>
> >
> > I called in. The speaker phone at the meeting is not very
> effective. It
> > cut in and out several time per second. As a result, I
> could not catch a
> > single word. I gave up....
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > At 06:20 PM 1/9/2003 +0200, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote:
> >
> > >On behalf of Dolors Sala:
> > >
> > >We will start the Link Security SG meeting in a few
> minutes. For those
> > >connecting remotely, the usual bridge details apply:
> > >
> > >1-877-237-7156 or +1-908-991-0191
> > >
> > >Participant code: 826435
> >
> >
>
>