A silly policy. Was: Re: Keeping working groups open...

"Karl Auerbach, Empirical Tools and Technologies, 408/427-5280" <karl@empirical.com> Fri, 07 May 1993 18:38 UTC

Date: Fri, 7 May 93 11:38:47 PDT
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Subject: A silly policy. Was: Re: Keeping working groups open...
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From: "Karl Auerbach, Empirical Tools and Technologies, 408/427-5280" <karl@empirical.com>
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 > Karl - The current policy exists in order to focus standardization
 > efforts while allowing implementors to exchange information.  I have yet
 > to see a demonstration of a weakness in the current policy.

I fail to see how the policy of cancelling working groups promotes
the goal of focusing standardization and allowing the exchange of
implementation experience.

It seems very obvious to me that the result obtained by such a policy
is quite the contrary.

The presence of a working group chairman, who keeps tabs on the
outstanding issues and the level of concensus, would be extremely
valuable when it comes time to review the standard for promotion up
the standards ladder.

 > The only weakness is that the community continues to tolerate pointless
 > messages of little or no redeeming value.

Use the 'd' key.  What you may find of no value, others might find important.

Please do not become a network censor.

			--karl--

A silly policy. Was: Re: Keeping working groups o… Karl Auerbach, Empirical Tools and Technologies, 408/427-5280
Re: A silly policy. Was: Re: Keeping working grou… Marshall Rose