Re: Modemmgt Working Group status

["Mark S. Lewis" <[e-mail]>]

>>>>> On Mon, 07 Feb 1994 01:36:47 -0800, IETF NM-AD <[e-mail]> said:
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> Thank you for your summary.  Although I am willing to grant the WG a
> second extension, I'm going to require that a more aggressive timetable
> be followed.

> The WG was scheduled to complete in October, 1993.  I granted the WG a
> three month extension.  Virtually all concensus was reached in the WG
> during the last two weeks of this extension.  As such, I feel that
> granting an additional two month extension would merely result in the
> WG waiting until the last two weeks to try to reach closure.

> Instead, I offer the following timeline.  If the WG finds this to be
> unacceptable, then I will regretfully ask the IESG to terminate the WG,
> and invite individual members of the WG to appeal to the IESG for a
> reversal.

>  1. The WG must reach concensus on a submitted I-D by Friday,
>     February 18.  If it can not, then I will ask the IESG to terminate
>     the WG, without further discussion. 

>  2. If the WG does reach concensus on a submitted I-D by 2/18, then I
>     guarantee that the NM Directorate will complete its review no later
>     than Friday, March 4.  The WG will then have until Friday, March
>     18th to incorporate the comments from the NM-D and achieve concensus
>     on a submitted I-D.  During this period, only those issues raised by
>     the NM-D review should be discussed by the WG.

> I await your response.

> /mtr

Fine, we will work according to your timeline.  This leaves the group
less than two weeks to produce another I-D and to agree to it.  I
suggest we allocate our time as follows:

   2/11/94 - Complete discusion on I-D-01 by Friday
   2/14/94 - Publish I-D-02 by Monday
   2/18/94 - See if consensus is reached on I-D-02 by Friday

I realize this is an agressive schedule.  However, we have recently
received significant contributions from the group.  Your contributions
have enabled us to make significant progress.  If we allocate
sufficient time and energy over the next two weeks we can complete
this project.  Please continue the good work!  Thanks.

... Mark

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