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

[Spencer Dawkins]

This has been my experience with Allison in PILC and TRIGTRAN meetings.

I'm not sure when the "shepherding AD" concept became semi-formalized, but
if part of the AD's job is to get documents out of the working group, it's
valuable to have the AD present when the working group is preparing to
forward documents - it's just too easy to overlook things, and any technique
that tightens the loop is helpful.

Spencer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allison Mankin [mailto:mankin at psg.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:50 AM
> To: Eric Rescorla
> Cc: problem-statement at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: General comment on draft-ietf-problem-statement-00.txt 
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> On the general question of ADs' presence during WG meetings: it's
> possible to view this as too black and white.  When I am present, I am
> hardly there to do the substantive work of the working group.  The
> right things are getting done in the working group because the Chairs
> are carrying out their charter in its details.  Yes, this is a
> collaboration, which I'm part of, because the IETF, the Chairs, the
> ADs, the IESG, and the IAB developed the charter together, but the
> Chairs and WG do the work during the meeting.  I will have some
> process questions to answer, and my eyes are there for coordination
> across the TSV area and across areas, which is why I think the IETF
> has an IESG.  I am not there to direct the working group work.
> 
> The Chairs really do have a lot of authority and responsibility to
> take, despite how it sometimes sounds in these discussions.  Anyway,
> we pay them big salaries in TSV, which they earn... :)
> 
> Allison
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