RE: Dedicated list for technical discussions

[Dave Cridland <[e-mail]>]

On Sun Aug 29 09:12:31 2010, Glen Zorn wrote:
> Mark Nottingham [mailto://[e-mail]] writes:
> 
> > I know it's been brought up many times before, but I'd appreciate  
> a
> > separate list for technical discussions regarding drafts, etc.,  
> since
> > this list seems to have become a travel tips forum.
> 
> I'm sure that if you have some specific technical topics to discuss  
> at least
> some of us would be willing to join in.  I must note, however, that  
> your own
> posts to this list over the last month or so have been about the  
> Maastrict
> venue, IETF Logo wear and this complaint (not exactly rocket  
> science ;-).

I would note that these items are precisely the kinds of things that  
we, as an organization, are utterly ill-equipped to handle. We cannot  
use our tried and tested bureaucratic techniques to mitigate  
time-consuming discussion - we cannot insist people write a draft,  
propose a BOF, etc before actually discussing the issue.

Therefore, I suggest - and quite seriously, as I assure you I would  
never joke about something so serious as this - that a new area be  
formed forthwith to tackle what's obviously more important than any  
mere technical issue. This new area - perhaps entitled the Hotel  
Organizational Logistic Strategies area, could be home to a number of  
key working groups, aimed at solving these fundamental issues that  
plague us all.

With this in mind, I firmly look forward to seeing a requirements  
document for the area, such that we can progress by initiating BOFs,  
with a view to forming working groups to create further requirement  
documents.

Dave.
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