Re: Future of the PPP WG
Mark Townsley <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Sep 2011 14:00:53 +0200
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--===============0704507558789673182== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-107520957 --Apple-Mail-4-107520957 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Glen Zorn wrote: >>=20 >> 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 is 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.=20 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.=20 But, please don't make Marcia deal with what to her will look like a = brand new WG to deal with scheduling. - Mark >=20 > I would attend if I had no irreconcilable conflicts. > _______________________________________________ > Pppext mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pppext --Apple-Mail-4-107520957 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><br><div><div>On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Glen Zorn = wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><font= class=3D"Apple-style-span" = color=3D"#000000"><br></font></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">One = question is, should PPPEXT have a 1 hour meeting at the = November<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">IETF meeting? I think = that would be the best way to come to = consensus<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">on this but = obviously only if enough people would plan to = actually<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">attend. So, I'd be = interested in who is would attend and any = opinions<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">for or against such a = meeting.<br></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>But, please don't make = Marcia deal with what to her will look like a brand new WG to deal with = scheduling.</div><div><br></div><div>- Mark</div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div><br>I would attend if I had no irreconcilable = conflicts.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Pppext = mailing list<br><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br>https://www.ietf.or= g/mailman/listinfo/pppext<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4-107520957-- --===============0704507558789673182== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Pppext mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/pppext --===============0704507558789673182==--