I suggest continuing like before and using Int-Area as a means of discussing issues of common interest in the Internet area. And occasionally advance some documents.
Regards, Behcet ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian E Carpenter <[email protected]> > To: Internet Area <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:00:19 PM > Subject: Re: [Int-area] intarea charter > > +1, but I think you should consider "hiring" a co-chair who > isn't an AD at an early stage. It can get a bit awkward if a > document is proposed for adoption that the ADs are unhappy > about, unless there is an independent chair to make the consensus > call. > > Regards > Brian > > On 2009-10-01 07:44, Margaret Wasserman wrote: > > > > I support the idea of creating this WG, and the proposed charter looks > > good to me. > > > > Margaret > > > > On Sep 30, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Jari Arkko wrote: > > > >> All, > >> > >> We have had Internet Area meetings for a number of years now, but I'm > >> not sure if anyone's noticed that its formally just a meeting and not > >> an official working group. We do have a list, we talk about important > >> topics during the meetings, and sometimes we even progress documents > >> that have no obvious home elsewhere. We run working group last calls, > >> but formally the documents that we take forward are AD sponsored > >> individual submissions. > >> > >> Ralph and I have reviewed the situation and we think that it would > >> be useful to turn the group into an official working group. This > >> has a number of benefits: > >> > >> - the group would show up in the tools.ietf.org/wg/directory > >> and other systems > >> > >> - we'd have a charter that describes to everyone what the group > >> is supposed to talk about > >> > >> - the process would be clearer for, say, adopting a document > >> > >> - the ADs would get also a blue dot in their IETF badges :-) or > >> depending on workload, we could hire other chairs, secretaries, > >> and so on to help with the group > >> > >> In other words, the group wouldn't be such a special case for > >> us to deal with. Thoughts? We have included a suggested charter > >> below. > >> > >> Jari and Ralph > >> > >> ----- > >> > >> Internet Area Working Group (intarea) > >> > >> Last modified: 2009-09-30 > >> > >> Chairs: > >> Jari Arkko > >> Ralph Droms > >> > >> Internet Area (int) Directors: > >> Jari Arkko > >> Ralph Droms > >> > >> Internet Area Advisor: > >> Jari Arkko > >> Ralph Droms > >> > >> Mailing Lists: > >> General Discussion: [email protected] > >> Subscribe online at: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area > >> > >> Description of Working Group: > >> > >> The Internet Area Working Group (INTAREA WG) acts as a forum for > >> discussing far-ranging topics that affect the entire area. Such > >> topics include, for instance, address space issues, basic IP layer > >> functionality, and architectural questions. > >> > >> The Internet Area receives occasional proposals for the development > >> and publication of RFCs that are not in scope of an existing working > >> group and do not justify the formation of a new working group. The > >> INTAREA WG will also serve as the forum for developing such work > >> items in the IETF. > >> > >> The working group milestones are updated as needed to reflect the > >> current work items and their associated milestones. Significant new > >> work items will be brought for approval with the IESG. > >> > >> Milestones: > >> > >> December 2009 Submission of IPID document to the IESG as PS > >> March 2010 Submission of tunneling issues document to the IESG as > >> Info > >> December 2010 Submission of SEAL document to the IESG as Exp > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Int-area mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Int-area mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area > > > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
