Re: [rtcweb] Interim meeting and way forward

Hi Gonzalo,
Is there a meeting summary from the interim meeting that list the
already-made decisions from the interim or are you talking about ones from
IETF85?
Thanks
Roni Even

-----Original Message-----
From: rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
Gonzalo Camarillo
Sent: 12 February, 2013 1:45 PM
To: rtcweb@ietf.org; mmusic
Subject: [rtcweb] Interim meeting and way forward

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
AD for the RTCWeb and MMUSIC WGs

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