[rtcweb] Interim meeting and way forward

[Gonzalo Camarillo <[e-mail]>]

Folks,

first of all, I hope everybody has already managed to get back home
after the storm. Also, I want to thank Hadriel and Acme for being great
hosts. The information flow, the meeting facilities, the catering, the
pullovers, and everything else was just perfect.

With respect to the technical work that got done in Boston and, more
importantly, that remains to be done, I want to share a few thoughts
with the group.

A fact that is obvious but some of us sometimes forget about is that
RTCWeb, as any other technology, has a window of opportunity. The
usefulness and relevance of any standards we develop in this area will
be extremely high within that window, but will decrease dramatically if
the window closes (e.g., if too many new applications out there are
based on non-standard mechanisms).

While we have everything in the group to meet the relevant market's
deadlines, we should keep them in mind nevertheless. In particular, we
are going to be facing cases where *any* decision is better than *no*
decision, or where the *perfect* will be the enemy of the *good*.

In practical terms, the group should think twice before opening
already-made decisions and open them only for very good reasons. Also,
the group is going to have to make decisions based on *rough* consensus,
as opposed to *wide* consensus or unanimity. This may sound like
motherhood and apple pie but I want to stress these points anyway since
they are important and need to be kept in mind.

For Orlando, I have allocated a *significant* amount of time to RTCWeb
and MMUSIC. Those sessions will allow us to take advantage of the
momentum we currently have after the interim and to make more progress
in all the relevant specifications.

Cheers,

Gonzalo
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