Hi Jari, I think this is much needed and a very good way forward. I agree with all your points below on why such merging makes sense. Thanks to both you and Mark for taking the initiative to consolidate the work.
Regards, Vidya > -----Original Message----- > From: Jari Arkko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 5:50 AM > To: Mobile IPv6 Mailing List; Monami6 Mailing List; Nemo Mailing List > Cc: Internet Area > Subject: [Monami6] reorganization of Mobile IPv6 related > working groups > > Hi all, > > We are planning to reorganize the MIP6, MONAMI6, and NEMO > working groups in the Internet Area. The idea is to merge > these three groups, all of which work around the Mobile IPv6 > protocol and its extensions. The merge will not happen > immediately, but around the IETF69 time frame when > MIP6 has completed a few more of its work items, MONAMI6 has > submitted its main specification, and NEMO has gotten on its > way with its newly chartered work. The resulting working > group will be bigger, but still committed to completing work > on all three aspects, i.e., base features, support for > multiple care-of addresses, and network mobility. The > chartered work items or their planned delivery dates will not > be changed because of this. > > The reasons why we are making this change include > > - Putting most of work around Mobile IPv6 and its extensions > into one place, reducing the need to coordinate, and > making it easier for new people and outsiders to see > where this work is happening. > > - The bigger group makes it easier to find reviewers, > and have a complete picture of how the protocol is > being extended. > > - Provide a better ability to prioritize work and maybe > add some competition for resources. > > - Easier management for the ADs, needing to deal with > one instead of three groups. > > - Make room in the meeting schedule and area for BOFs > and new groups. I have groups meeting at the same > time in Prague, for instance. > > - This is a good time for this change in the lifecycle > of the three groups. > > The detailed implementation of this change will take place in > the coming months, but we wanted to give everyone a heads-up > that this is going to happen. And an opportunity for > comments, we do appreciate feedback on this and other issues > relating to the management of the area. Speaking of comments > -- this note goes out to a number of lists, but please direct > further discussion to myself and the int-area list. > > Jari and Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Monami6 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/monami6 > _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
