Re: [Icar] Reviewers: One single group or per-area groups?

Michael,

>  I, personally, do not consider myself tied to any area.  There is no
>  area in the IETF in which more than a few of the WGs are interesting
>  to me and there is no area in the IETF in which I have not been an
>  active participant in at least one WG at some point.  

I like this perspective a lot.  I've been concerned that reviewers be 
independent of ADs, but had not thought that an even deeper point is 
that senior IETF contributors nearly always are cross- (or multi-) area.

>  I think one of the most important goals of this group is generalized
>  cross-fertilization, and it's just the sort of generalists who
>  wouldn't be part of an area-specific group, but might be part of a
>  single group, who can, possibly, offer the most in such an effort.
>  So, in that regard, there's probably a fair amount of difference
>  between those two organizational structures.  They will encourage
>  different classes of people to participate.

Nicely said, and many thanks for saying it.

d/
--
Dave Crocker <dcrocker-at-brandenburg-dot-com>
Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://brandenburg.com>

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