Re: IETF Tools Architecture and Strategy Team

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

IETF Chair <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > I'd like to introduce a new volunteer team that has been created in the
    > General area: the Tools Architecture and Strategy (TAS) team.

I think it is a really good idea to organize this.
I wonder if you considered just creating a WG in the general area?
What would seem to let the tools team leverage... the tools.
But, I guess you can create groups that aren't WGs based upon the links below.

    > It is not the role of the TAS team to implement, maintain, or manage
    > the operation of individual tools. Those responsibilities remain with
    > the IETF tools team. Once TAS team guidance documents become available,
    > the IETF Tools Project Manager (currently Robert Sparks) will establish
    > plans and workflows to align ongoing and future tools development with
    > the guidance.

I believe that the team will mostly produce plans, and those plans will not
be in the form of RFCs, and probably not even in the form of IDs.

    > The TAS team is expected to consult widely with the IETF community, to
    > draw on best practices from the software development industry and open
    > source communities, and to evolve its guidance over time as practices
    > change. The team's online presence resides at:

    > Datatracker page: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/tools-arch/about/
    > Mailing list (only open to members, with a public archive): [e-mail]
    > Github organization: https://github.com/ietf-team-tools-arch

May I suggest that one of these people be designated as the liason to the
WG-chairs list?  And another as the liason to the EDU-team?

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