[midcom] More on new work item

Melinda Shore <mshore@cisco.com> Mon, 26 April 2004 12:17 UTC

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There's been no feedback on the proposed charter change, which concerns
me.  I hope that people will speak up regardless of whether they think
the proposed work item is a good idea or a bad idea.

I don't think getting the work done would be an issue - there are
always people willing to author documents.  However, getting people
to *review* documents is far more difficult, and I don't think we can
allow work to go forward if we don't have a reasonable expectation
that people with subject area expertise - in this case, the midcom
working group - are willing to take the time to provide expert review
as the document is progressed.  I don't want to make any assumptions
about what the lack of feedback means, so even a simple "yes" or "no"
on the proposed work item would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Melinda


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