Hi,
I think that despite if the people are working with company money or
their own they should be able to estimate if they can have enough time
to spend on the effort.
Also they should have an "easy way out" when they notice that e.g. for a
change in their lives they cannot commit that much time anymore.
For instance, there are some people that are better than others in the
beginning phases of a draft (great innovators, leaders, who can drive
new things), however, they may not be the best to drive out the last
nits of a draft. Maybe there should be an easy way to handover the draft
editorship without feeling that you have let the whole community down.
Cheers,
Jonne.
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 18:11, ext wayne wrote:
In <000601c57340$18daa290$0500a8c0(_at_)DFNJGL21> "Spencer Dawkins"
<spencer(_at_)mcsr-labs(_dot_)org> writes:
Henning Schulzrinne wrote:
Brian E Carpenter wrote:
To be blunt, I believe this is a direct consequence of our open
door, individual participation ethic. [...]
At least in the areas where I hang out, almost all participants are
paid for by (large) companies. The work is being done on company
time and companies often claim credit for their contributions to
standards bodies. We are not the local soup kitchen where people
serve for charity's sake.
In the particular areas where I hang out, a great deal of the most
active participants are not being paid to do the work. I, personally,
volunteer my own time to try and help fix certain problems on the
Internet and all of the costs come out of my own pocket.
Agree with Henning, with one addition - some IETF participants DO
participate on their own time and on their own dime, but even
participants who are paying their own way want to see progress.
Indeed, I think those of us who have donated a significant amount of
our own time and money are *more* interested in seeing progress. We
can not afford to have things drag on for years.
-wayne
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