Re: [pkng] Request to shut down this RG

On 12/10/10 20:09, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> I think the RG does not have the juice that we had hoped for originally, and it's OK to shut it down. Some of the ideas will resurface as IETF work, but without the research-y discussion that might improve them early on. The world doesn't need yet another mailing list to discuss these topics, and when post-PKIX PKI topics appear, they can create their own mailing lists.

That's a pity, but perhaps warranted. I guess you've probably discussed
this with Aaron, but I wonder if it'd be worthwhile not formally closing
the RG right now, but rather giving it a last chance (say until the
Prague IETF or NIST PKI w/s), with the RG closing unless its active by
then. (Where active ~= has a couple of I-Ds and a scheduled f2f meeting
somewhere.)

If the RG survived that, I would expect that it ought also recharter
itself at that point. (And given that you think its closing time, I
suppose we might need to find another RG chair;-)

Of course, since there'll be a new IRTF chair in place around then,
it'd need that new person's agreement as well.

If the above "last chance" scheme were to be the plan, I would commit
to writing an I-D with a concrete (thought quite possibly broken)
proposal for something this RG might pursue. Might even get that
done before/during Beijing.

Whatcha think?

S.

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