Re: [council] nz meeting early work days

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Leaving Thursday means i can catch most of the IETF meeting.  If we  
meet on Thursday, I have to leave on Tuesday which leaves very little  
time for IETF and there is not gguarantee that the IDN discussions  
will all get scheduled on Monday/Tuesday.
As for rest, with that long a flight i will have slept at least twice  
so expect to be fine.  that is certainly my experience from previous  
trips of this sort of duration.  Of course I can't speak for others.
To go further, I expect that if there are two down days, they will be  
filled by other work.  Now that may a good reason to come on Thursday  
so there is a chance to work 4 days if we can't finish in 2 days. Or  
if we want to tackle more of the many issues on our plate, i.e. 2  
days on tld, and 2 on other pressing issues.
There may also be accounting concerns in this as perhaps not  
everyone's funders will be willing to fund 2 intermediate down time  
days.
BTW, I do endorse the idea of getting as much work done in the  
intervening months using whichever tools we can all learn to use.
a.


On 2 dec 2005, at 16.58, Ken Stubbs wrote:

> avri...
>
> if your planning on going to ietf and you were considering  
> attending the working group meetings, you would have to leave   
> Dallas at the latest on Thursday mar 23  in order to even arrive in  
> Auckland on the 1st day of any proposed  weekend meeting . you  
> would have traveled at least 23 hours and arrived the morning of  
> the 1st meeting day  (if it was a sat & Sunday meeting)..
> given that the overwhelming majority of the members of this TF  
> will  be flying at least 15 hours to go to new Zealand, i believe  
> that in order to be both physically & mentally "effective" for the  
> entire icann meeting, it is essential that some "down time" be  
> provided for..
> this is why i proposed a weekend break  prior to the actual meeting  
> start..
> regards,
>
> Ken