Pekka Savola wrote:
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Eric Burger wrote:
[snip]
While it's true that one should try to "see everything", it's hard to
imagine, for example, how a junior engineer working on an implementation of
wireless ad-hoc networks has much of an interest in ENUM.
[snip]
What most people seem to be missing is the real work is done outside of
the WG meetings. You can quite well participate in the IETF process
without ever (or once or twice a year) being present. Personally, in some
wg's I've been to, a lot of MIC time is used by people who 1) like their
own voice, and/or 2) haven't read the drafts.
If you want a focused view, participation isn't necessary. (An IMO stupid
remnant here is that you have to present the works if they're to be
adopted as WG items.)
You don't have to present works for them to be adopted as WG items.
Presenting a work does, sometimes, help the WG chair(s) determine interest level
and consensus of the WG, particularly if the issue is contentious and the right
people are present at the meeting (e.g. people who have read the draft and
care). So, while it can help the author's cause to present, it is not (nor ever
has been that I know of) a requirement.
If you want a general view (perhaps in addition to
the focused one), coming to the meetings might help.
--
Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords