At 9:33 AM -0800 1/3/01, Dave Crocker wrote:
1. IETF meetings should not be used for transmitting "news" that is
relevant to the working group; use the list.
Right.
2. IETF meetings should not be used for introducing ideas or
specifications; use the list.
There are times where meetings can better for "introducing ideas"
than the mailing lists are. If people in a WG think that the WG
should attack a new problem, and many people have proposed solutions
for that problem, hearing three different presentations of the
problem and proposed solutions in a face-to-face meeting can be
useful. On mailing lists, statements of problems that come with
proposed solutions often devolve into confusion between the realness
of the problem and the goodness of one of the proposed solutions. The
IPsec WG dealt with this a few times last year with the keep-alive
and the IPsec-through-NATs issues.
Agree on not using meetings for introducing new specs.
3. If there is confusion or contention about something discussed on
the list, THEN it is reasonable to make a presentation on the topic,
attempting to provide clarification and coherence and as a basis for
meeting discussion.
Right.
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