On 10/27/2011 4:03 PM, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
On Oct 27, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Fred Baker wrote:
There isn't any requirement for a BoF to form a WG.
I think you're saying that there shouldn't be; at this instant, there
actually is such a requirement.
...
Actually, there isn't, technically, a requirement for a BOF to form a WG. It
is so often done that we think of a BOF as a necessary step, but the
standards BCPs don't require one and, in fact, the PCP WG was recently formed
without at BOF.
The IESG periodically imposes a higher bar to process than formal rules require.
My impression is that it /is/ sometimes possible to form a wg without having a
BOF but that the IESG treats the case with skepticism and hence it is strongly
discouraged by the cognizant AD who is shepherding the nascent working group
leaders.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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