[J3] (SC22WG5.6286) SC22 Resolutions

[Van Snyder]

On Thu, 2020-09-03 at 17:30 +0100, David Muxworthy via J3 wrote:
> Steve did well to stop the large WGs imposing their needs, mainly
> concerns about hotel costs, onto the smaller ones like Fortran and
> Cobol.  It seemed to be taken for granted that full remote
> participation should be allowed in future but there was no discussion
> about sensibly facilitating participants from very different time
> zones; it was however mentioned that being away from one's usual work
> environment could be beneficial.  But it is not a case of one size
> fits all.  There is a huge difference between short administrative
> meetings like the SC22 plenary (5 hours' business spread over two days
> plus 1.5 hours for the drafting committee) where essentially nothing
> new comes up during the meeting, and the long, creative technical
> meetings traditionally held by WG5/J3.
> 
> As Steve says, Fortran will have to devise a remote method of working
> during the emergency but I hope that face-to-face meetings remain the
> norm in the long run.
> 
> David Muxworthy

I agree with David that face-to-face meetings are productive. But when
they are permitted again, remote collaboration should be continued.

Many good ideas for Fortran have been proposed, agreed, developed
somewhat, and then dropped to meet the schedule. If more had been done
between meetings, these projects could have been completed.

Failing that, a multi-release schedule should be developed so that
significant and important projects are not dropped completely just to
meet a single release schedule.

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