RE: laptops on stage in plenary (fwd)

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

So are these people saying that we as IESG cannot open
our laptops while most people in the audience CAN
work on their laptops?

Thanks,
Bert 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand [mailto:harald@alvestrand.no]
> Sent: maandag 24 maart 2003 10:54
> To: iesg@ietf.org
> Subject: laptops on stage in plenary (fwd)
> 
> 
> good point to think about.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: torsdag, mars 20, 2003 19:11:08 -0800
> From: Mark Handley <mjh@icir.org>
> To: iab@ietf.org
> Cc:
> Subject: laptops on stage in plenary
> 
> 
> Last night I'm told the IESG tried to use Jabber on stage to
> communicate who would handle a question.  But from the audience, it
> looked to me like they were trying to hide behind a wall of laptops.
> Someone sitting near me commented that it looked like they were more
> interested in their email than in the people in the room.
> 
> I suggest we don't try to do the same.
> 
>  - Mark
> 
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