Re: Working with IEEE 802

[Spencer Dawkins at IETF <[e-mail]>]

I agree with Barry and Joel on their suggestions.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> > On 9/19/16 7:48 PM, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:
> >> This coordination issue with other organisations related to standards
> >> is very important and affects pretty much our work, I suggest that the
> >> General Area opens a WG for this important coordination, many
> >> information are needed to be documented and focused on. IMHO, getting
> >> information about contacts will help each IETF WG separately, but what
> >> about the decisions for the whole IETF coordination with other SDOs
> >> especially when we get more deep in future. Having contacts between
> >> managers in SDOs is good start but usually in IETF our managers
> >> decisions reform after looking into the IETF WG ideas and decisions.
> >> Therefore, my suggestion is opening a discussion of why not future
> >> coordination through WG? or is it right time? or do we need a new
> >> work-process?
> >>
> >> I don't know the answers, does any one know?
> >
> > you should take a look at rfc 4052
>
> And for IEEE in particular, at RFC 7241.
>
> Barry
>

I'd note that the other SDOs that the IETF cooperated well with, while I
was still on the IAB and responsible for paying more attention to liaison
relationships in general, tended to be fairly open for individual
participation, and/or had participants who also participated in IETF.

If neither of those conditions holds, things get harder.

But this thread would be a good conversation to have with the IAB, who is
chartered with liaison oversight in RFC 2850, and have their own liaison
coordination program (details at
https://www.iab.org/activities/programs/iab-liaison-coordination-program/).
I'd start there, if I had ideas about IETF liaisons.

Spencer, speaking as a *former* IAB member