> > [Ahmad] > Hi Scott, > I do not mean to create a discussion here, but I just could > not resist:) > > That is right, but so far we have one model which has been > successful in running the Discussion forum. My understanding > of seamless change, is NOT to change the whole model at once! > At least keeping the part that works well and introduce a > partial change is safer. > > If down the road we find out that this model (option # 2) > does not work, we always can fall back to adopt Model # 1 later. > > => IMHO, we are not supposed to run test(s) as this can lead > to a "mess" if we take into account the generally "slow" IETF > ways of moving forward... > > IMHO, it is better to stay on an already tested and > successful path (i.e., option 1). [Ahmad] Hi Wassim,
Okay.. But I have not seen a meeting that is well attended after the plenaries as this meeting. But as I said, we may differ here and that is absolutely fine. I hope that the group will pick the best option for meeting the goals! Best Regards, Ahmad > > > Regards, > > Wassim H. > > > > > > > The second possibility is to create two groups, a > > discussion forum and > > > a document development group. The benefit of this approach > > is that the > > > two roles are clearly separated and similar to what has > > been done on > > > other areas. Two sets of chairs would be needed, and at > > least the ones > > > for the document part would not be the ADs. A potential > downside is > > > that if we create a new group in a place where we > > traditionally have > > > not had that much work, we might open an avenue for publishing > > > unnecessary documents, documents that were rejected by > > existing working groups or BOFs, etc. > > > Scheduling the two groups might also be harder than it is > > now, as the > > > time split between the two would be fixed. > > > > Model #1 makes sense to me, for the positive and negative > reasons you > > cite for both. It's much easier just to have one group. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
