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dnssdext BOF (was: Re: Remote participants, newcomers, and tutorials (was: IETF87 Audio Streaming Info))

2013-07-26 15:49:09


--On Friday, July 26, 2013 11:29 -0700 SM <sm(_at_)resistor(_dot_)net>
wrote:

POSH has not published a session agenda.  However, the BoF is
listed on the meeting agenda.  Is the BoF cancelled or will
this be one of those willful violations of IETF Best Current
Practices?

On a similar note, according to its agenda, the core of the 
DNS-SD Extensions BOF (dnssdext) is apparently
draft-lynn-sadnssd-requirements-01.  The link from the agenda
page [1] yields a 404 error and attempts to look up either
"draft-lynn-sadnssd-requirements" or the author name "lynn" in
the I-D search engine yield nothing.

If one thinks to go to the I-D search engine and enter just
"draft-lynn", draft-lynn-mdnsext-requirements-02 shows up which
I'm guessing is the relevant draft.  

FWIW, I also note that the posted agenda is heavily dependent on
the Chairs and mentions an "agreed charter".   The Chairs are
not identified, preventing interested participants from
contacting them for information (and others from contacting them
about errors like the one above) and there is no link or other
pointer to the proposed "agreed charter".  So I am wondering why
this BOF was approved, which AD is watching the BOF agenda, and
why it is still on the meeting agenda? 

I am mentioning this on the IETF list only because it is another
example of the point that I (and probably SM and others) are
trying to make:  If we are interested in newcomers, remote
participants without years of IETF experience, and/or increased
diversity, we should not allow these kinds of issues to become
requirements for "treasure hunts" or other sorts of obstacles in
people's paths.

And, IMO, we should be especially careful about BOFs because
they provide newcomers (present at the meeting or remote) good
opportunities to get in at the beginning of new work items.

   john


[1] http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/87/agenda-87-dnssdext.html


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