ietf
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Proposed statement quotes wrong numbers

2003-10-29 12:04:40
Attendance/email registration matters from a number of logistical view points (conference setup. server resources, potential revenue stream,.....).

From an actual work process point of view, it would seem the number of active work groups and the number of drafts and RFC proposals created impact WG and IESG workload the most. If you take the number of drafts / RFC proposals and then some how factor in the breadth and depth of the problem spaces they are addessing, then you have another view of the scaling problem. One particular aspect that interests me is even assuming the WG has the expertise to work a problem domain, what are the challenges to IESG members to keep pace with wideining and deepening problem domans - it would seem that at some point their feedback would become administrative; but perhaps they are all extremely talented people with the requisite spare time to keep up / or administrative feedback is all that is required?

Sometimes friction is caused by truly deeply divergent view points / experiences. Sometimes it is caused simply by a lack of bandwidth combined with a very low latency expectation / high quality expectation; and of course conversely sometimes the best is the enemy of the good.

FYI, anyone read all the drafts exploding our way in prep for the next meeting? (rhetorical of course) And if not, are there challenges to IETF members maintaining an end-to-end view point, or is it sufficient for people to simply specialize in a certain area without an evolving/debated architectural/mission framework in which to work?