[atoca] The future of atoca

[Martin Thomson <[e-mail]>]

This working group has been quiet for extended periods for a long time
now.  The chairs are concerned that there are too few participants who
are interested in furthering the work of the group for the group to be
viable.

For the Vancouver IETF we would like to address the question of
closing the working group.

If we are to keep the working group open, a number of people would
have to come forward between now and the scheduled meeting time.
These people would not only express interest, but also demonstrate a
firm commitment to contribute to the goals of the group.

On the other hand, if we conclude that closing the working group is
preferable, we then need to decide what to do with the products of
this working group, such as they are.  The working group has one
adopted draft, but there have also been several individual
submissions.

Then, in either case - for the continued success of the group, or
merely for posterity - thoughts on whether this effort would have
succeeded and the conditions under which it might have succeeded/could
succeed would be of great interest.  Would a tighter focus in a
particular area have made this more feasible?

To that end, the chairs propose that we address this issue in
Vancouver.  A draft agenda containing this item has been posted.

--atoca Chairs