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congestion control? - (was Re: Appointment of a Transport Area Director)

2013-03-04 12:21:19
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Eggert, Lars <lars(_at_)netapp(_dot_)com> wrote:
On Mar 3, 2013, at 13:37, Eric Burger <eburger(_at_)standardstrack(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
There are two other interpretations of this situation, neither of which I 
think is true, but we should consider the possibility. The first is the TSV 
is too narrow a field to support an area director and as such should be 
folded in with another area. The second is if all of the qualified people 
have moved on and no one is interested in building the expertise the IESG 
feels is lacking, then industry and academia have voted with their feet: the 
TSV is irrelevant and should be closed.

Since I believe neither is the case, it sounds like the IESG requirements 
are too tight.

I don't believe the requirements are too tight. *Someone* one the IESG needs 
to understand congestion control.

The likely possibility is that many qualified people failed to get sufficient 
employer support to be able to volunteer. It's at least a 50% time 
committment.


I'll ask a rather basic question and hope someone will answer in an
educational way - Why is congestion control so important? And where
does it apply? ... :-)



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