MINOR ISSUE: Perception of Kobe
Harald Tveit Alvestrand
harald at alvestrand.no
Thu Jun 19 10:32:52 CEST 2003
-issue- says:
2.5 The IETF Management Structure is not Matched to the Current Size and
Complexity of the IETF
The management and technical review processes currently in place were
adequate for the older, smaller organization, but are apparently not
scalable to the current size of the organization. One set of changes
has already been made with the Internet Engineering Steering Group
(IESG) taking over some of the functions of the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB) as a result of the Kobe agreement in 1992, but that is
now a long time ago, and the organization has undergone considerable
further growth as well as extending the scope of its activities as
the Internet has become more complex.
ISSUE: The Kobe changes did not address scaling at all (see Crocker's
description)
SUGGESTED RESOLUTION: Replace "One set of changes.....1992" with "The form
of the organization has not been significantly modified since 1992".
(BTW, it was not the "Kobe agreement" - the events at Kobe provided the
trigger for the process that led to the POISED WG and its output)
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