RE: [Pesci-discuss] For whom it may concern..

"Margaret Wasserman" <margaret@thingmagic.com> Thu, 10 November 2005 16:31 UTC

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To: 'Pekka Savola' <pekkas@netcore.fi>, 'Spencer Dawkins' <spencer@mcsr-labs.org>
Subject: RE: [Pesci-discuss] For whom it may concern..
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:31:16 -0800
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> We already have a lot of those.  John Klensin's review team; Harald's
> two-level.  Alex Zinin's early review.  Maybe others I forgot.
> 
> It's not the lack of specific proposals on a specific problem space,
> it's the lack of follow-through.
> 
> Based on what I've seen,
>   - it's not realistic to assume that the IESG will drive forward such
> a proposal, and
>   - it's not realistic to assume the author of such a proposal would
> drive it through all by him/herself.

This can be said of virtually all proposals in the IETF (including technical
ones).  Without a critical mass of people who are willing to work on a given
proposal, the proposal won't go forward.  

I don't see why process proposals should be an exception to this...

Margaret




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