My thoughts about the problems of the IETF

Keith Moore moore at cs.utk.edu
Tue May 6 01:27:45 CEST 2003


> WGs should be under pressure. I think killing ngtrans shows some
> accountability in theory as example. 

ngtrans had become a perpetual working group, which is nearly always a bad
idea.  it also had very little focus - meaning that it no longer had an
organizing principle by which it could keep its work within a managable scope.

("anything having to do with IPv6" was too large, there were too many things
going on for the group to do due diligence in investigating them). 

there's no good way to kill such groups once they've reached that point,
people have become too attached to them.  you have to kill them sooner.
or you have to set the expectation that no group will last more than X months
and stick to it.

> If someone does not have good communications skills I don't believe they
> should be in any leadership position in the IETF.

so many skills required, so few individuals with the right skill set.

Keith


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