modest suggestion for how to proceed

[Keith Moore]

> it seems clear that we've identified that there isn't just one core 
> problem - so splitting up the task of dealing with them might be the 
> Right Thing to do.
>
> I'd think that those activities might be thought of as subgroups of 
> our editing team - so far, I don't think Elwyn has been inundated with 
> people offering to write or rewrite part of his document for him,

I've certainly considered writing my own version.

> nor have we had much feedback on Margaret's call for "defining 
> mechanisms to solve the problems" - which IS constructive rather than 
> analytic activity

again, if you don't understand the problem, it's too soon for 
constructive activity.

> One thing about the list below is that it is perhaps too 
> omphaloskeptical (love that word for "navel-gazing" :-) - one 
> contributing factor to the stresses the IETF is under is in fact the 
> "world outside the gates" - our relationship to the industry, our 
> relationships with other standards bodies, our relevance to the > market.

I certainly have no objection to examining the factors you mention, and 
agree that it could be useful to do so.

Keith