General comment on draft-ietf-problem-statement-00.txt

[Margaret Wasserman]

At 06:53 AM 3/3/2003 -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > But, having a higher-level authority in the (physical or
> > electronic) room does tend to result in WG chairs deferring
> > to that authority (I do it myself).
>
>i hope you don't do that in your daytime job, or why the heck
>would they pay you?

Honestly, in my daytime job I have a much better understanding
of my role, responsibilities and authority than I do in the
IETF...  And, I am always confident that my boss will back-up
any decisions or commitments that I make within my areas of
authority (whether or not he agrees with them, BTW), so I feel
comfortable making them.

I don't have same confidence when I'm working in the IETF.
I don't know if that's because I am less sure about my role,
or less sure about the alignment between me and my IETF
manager-equivalents...  Partially, it may just be that I'm
used to a more formal type of goals-setting and delegation
than is commonly practiced in the IETF.

Margaret