what are the real problems

[Keith Moore]

> >> 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