what are the real problems
Keith Moore
moore at cs.utk.edu
Fri May 23 16:32:59 CEST 2003
> >> terminating credible efforts prematurely is silly.
>
> KM> so is spreading ourselves too thin.
>
> If the IETF ever gets serious about the question of spreading things
> too thin, it will need to worry far more about 1) the scope of what is
> legitimate to charter within the ietf, 2) the clarity, precision and
> utility of working group charters, and 3) the timely progress of
> working groups.
At least when I was on IESG, we *did* worry about such things.
> For all of the times we have efforts to create competing proposals,
> most die of their own lack of credible technical support. They do not
> need arbitrary management 'help'. For the few that are serious, we do
> not need to worry about the "drain" on IETF management.
My experience indicates otherwise.
Keith
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