Re: Last Call: <draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea-02.txt> (Experiences from Cross-Area Work at the IETF) to Informational RFC

SM <sm@resistor.net> Sun, 10 February 2013 21:31 UTC

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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:11:05 -0800
To: Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net>
From: SM <sm@resistor.net>
Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea-02.txt> (Experiences from Cross-Area Work at the IETF) to Informational RFC
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Hi Jari,
At 02:57 10-02-2013, Jari Arkko wrote:
>Admittedly, the document was written from the perspective of the 
>IETF managers (ADs, WG chairs) but comments from you and Brian have 
>led me to understand better that we need to include more about the 
>participant aspect as well.

It's difficult to reconcile the two aspects.  The draft can end up 
being less effective.  I think that it is your individual perspective 
which brings value to the document.

>Normally, yes, but I could imagine topics that are wider than one 
>working group but still within an area.

My opinion is that topics can be wider than one working group and 
they can spill over other areas (cross-area).

Regards,
-sm