Moving the working group forward

It is clear that this working group suffers from an extreme lack of 
interest.    Either people are too busy or the topic is not important 
enough to get any of its own inertia.    So, I feel compelled to take 
(drastic??) action.

I propose the following:

1.  I wish to form a "design team" that is responsible for doing research,
strawman requirements proposals, strawman protocols designs etc.
The goal is to get concrete proposals on the table that the working group 
can then work with a as starting point in discussion.

2.  I propose to convene the first meeting of the design team in Oslo.   
The goals for the Oslo meeting are:

 - refine the requirements section of the model
 - define at least two model options that can be discussed on the mailing 
   list and/or subsequent meetings
 - define a "solution space" for the models described above

Note that I am proposing to discuss potential solutions when the problem 
is not completely scoped.   I had hoped (as had many others) that we would
get a clear problem statement out before doing anything on the solution 
side, but I fear that this has stifled productive engineering 
conversation.   When I say "solution space", I mean a "set of possible 
solutions that seem to apply to the models that we define".   Nothing 
written in stone, just some things that we can frame the discussion around.

3.  Make up the design team based upon the following criteria:

 - level of interest in the subject
 - experience in IETF process
 - experience with implementations/designs that currently address all or 
   part of the problem
 - expects to attend IETF meetings
 - has some time to contribute

I'm going to ask a few individuals based upon their demonstrated knowledge
in messaging in general, but am willing to consider anyone in the working 
group who feels they meet some or all of the criteria above.   I'm not 
going to be too fussy here.   I'd like to keep the size to < 10 members, 
but I'm not too worried about that :-)

I'll send out private messages to those people who I explicitly would like
to solicit for this job.   Anyone who is interested can send me mail 
immediately to toss in their hat.    Missing Oslo is not a disqualifier.  
I hope that we can get enough together to do some damage.

4.  Solicit people to post intentionally provocative messages that offend
people to the point where they feel they MUST reply.    It seemed to work 
for DRUMS!

Just KIDDING Keith.

Cheers.
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Steve Hole                      
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