RE: [mpowr] Rough Strawman of MPOWR Charter

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the feedback!

>My first impression is that a good way to do this would be
>to create a single working group addressing the issues
>of empowerment, standards track, scalability, and
>perhaps other issues.

Others have raised similar points on this list and the
solutions list.  My thoughts differ, though...

I think of the General Area as the over-arching management
structure, with each of these (hopefully coordinated) groups
serving as a sub-project within that area.  Harald has
discussed his management methodology for the Internet area
in at least two plenaries, and he has consciously decided
to pursue a structure that consists of "small, sharp tools"
rather than a widely-scoped, long-lived process WG (like
the poised/poisson group of the past).

There has been a general trend (I think) in the IETF to
form WGs with smaller scopes and more limited charters,
using the IESG/areas to coordinate activities between many
small groups.  I don't know if this is a good trend or not,
but these changes have been made to solve problems with
wide-scoped, long-lived WGs, and I don't have a proven,
better way to solve those problems.

> > [Question:  Should we including any wording about how this
> > WG relates to the ICAR and NEWTRK efforts?]
> >
>
>There should be explicit liaison activities among these
>different activities, since a good idea in one may
>solve a problem in another.

Can you suggest wording for the charter regarding what type
of liaison activities these groups should have?

>I would suggest that you explicitly reference the draft
>"draft-ietf-problem-issue-statement-xx" and the related
>draft "draft-ietf-problem-process-xx" as source documents
>for this work.

Okay.  Do you think that we should explicitly state that this
group is charged with addressing particular parts of the
problem statement, or just provide a general reference?

Margaret

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