Jari,
Very interesting write up. IMHO, the hardest challenge facing IETF is that
"Internet has been working over several decades".
All the obvious technologies needed to enable Internet have been developed
already. All that left are tweaks and minor improvement.
Maybe it is the time to update the goal of the IETF.
(is it still true: "The IETF brand is core Internet technology, and improving
the Internet, not specifically new things.?)
We all know that the future belongs to the App & services. But people from
those emerging App & services companies are way under represented in IETF.
Maybe more Heckathons effort should be invested into attracting Apps & Services
companies to utilize the work developed by IETF, ...
My two cents,
Linda Dunbar
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From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Jari Arkko
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 4:04 PM
To: IETF
Subject: Observations on (non-technical) changes affecting IETF operations
A while back I had asked for volunteers to join a design team to look at
(non-technical) trends and changes that relate to IETF operations.
The team has been working and they have today published an -00 draft. We'd love
to have your feedback and thoughts on this topic!
The document details are below:
Title: IETF Trends and Observations
Team: Jari Arkko, Alia Atlas, Avri Doria, Tobias Gondrom, Olaf Kolkman, Steve
Olshansky, Benson Schliesser, Robert Sparks, Russ White
URL:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-arkko-ietf-trends-and-observations-00
Abstract:
While most of the work in the IETF is technical, the IETF should and does
regularly examine itself, including its processes and goals, to determine if
the technical community is truly serving the larger network engineering
community effectively. Changes in this area tend to be incremental, as is
fitting for an organization with decades of experience and history in
developing and managing the process of building technical specifications.
The rapid and ongoing changes in the world have recently caused a number of
IETF participants to examine the current processes and operation of the IETF,
particularly in the context of the culture of the IETF. This memo discusses
some cultural and global trends in relation to the IETF's operating
environment, how these trends might affect the operation of the IETF, and notes
some topics for further exploration.
Writing this memo has been inspired by involvement in various decisions that
the IETF leadership has to take part in, often wishing to be able to draw more
on understanding trends and their impact on the IETF.
This memo is also input for discussion that the IETF community should have.
The memo has no particular official standing, nor does it claim to represent
more than the authors' thinking at the time of writing.
There is no intent on the part of the authors for this to be published as a
RFC. Please direct discussion about this topic to the
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