Killing old/slow groups - transition thinking

[Scott W Brim]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 06:23:44AM -0500, Margaret Wasserman allegedly wrote:
> PLEASE NOTE:  MOST PEOPLE IN THE IETF DO NOT TAKE THE MILESTONES SERIOUSLY.

Part of this is the in the process by which milestones are set.  ADs
strongly encourage chairs to get work done rapidly -- to the extent that
(in some cases) they are encouraged to set milestones they don't believe
in, or not get chartered.  The seriousness of the milestones is diluted
from the first.