Re: [Pppext] Future of the PPP WG

[Mark Townsley <[e-mail]>]

OK, I stand corrected. I was thinking of the charter that had existed before and during my tenure as AD:

http://tools.ietf.org/wg/pppext/charters?item=charter-pppext-2006-07-03.txt

It seems a few sentences were added in 2009, in particular the unfortunate text that says: 

"The group is not expected to create new specifications, and if a need for such work comes up, a recharter is required."

This looks like Jari's handiwork, he just loves to recharter WGs ;-)

With this new sentence, yes, it looks like pppext is unnecessarily hamstrung from advancing enhancements that the group does *not* think are of questionable value. 

- Mark





On Sep 9, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Donald Eastlake wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Mark Townsley <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Glen Zorn wrote:
> 
> Actually I wrote the following:
> 
>>> One question is, should PPPEXT have a 1 hour meeting at the November
>>> IETF meeting? I think that would be the best way to come to consensus
>>> on this but obviously only if enough people would plan to actually
>>> attend. So, I'd be interested in who would attend and any opinions
>>> for or against such a meeting.
>> 
>> PPPEXT hasn't met in, what, 10 years or more? The charter hasn't changed
>> significantly since Thomas Narten was AD. I seriously doubt a physical
>> meeting is worth having in what are already jam-packed IETF meetings.  If
>> you have any PPP experts there, it will be because folks like Glen, James,
>> and others happen to have moved on to other areas that require IETF
>> presence.
> 
> I don't have any particular problem operating PPPEXT without meetings,
> if that is what people want, either under the current charter or an
> expanded charter to do some security stuff.
> 
>> If you are dead set on a recharter (personally, I like the pppext charter,
>> and pointed to it as a good example of a "dormant but useful" WG several
>> times as AD) then round up the PPP guys that are still around and chat with
>> them in the hallway and take it to the list. It could even be a fun bar
>> outing, looking back on the good old 90s... perhaps we could get Craig and
>> Karl Fox to dig up some memorabilia.
> 
> Well, it caused some difficulties with the TRILL over PPP draft that
> the current charter prohibits the WG producing any documents, which
> seems to also rule out the WG updating any security documents.
> Furthermore, I believe that our AD is inclined to shut down the WG if
> the current situation doesn't change.
> 
>> But, please don't make Marcia deal with what to her will look like a brand
>> new WG to deal with scheduling.
> 
> Everything has benefits and costs. That it takes some effort to
> schedule a meeting for a group that has not met in a long time does
> not seem like the exclusively controlling factor to me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald
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>> - Mark
>> 
>> I would attend if I had no irreconcilable conflicts.
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