The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document: - 'Experiences from Cross-Area Work at the IETF' <draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea-02.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-03-06. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This memo discusses the reasons for IETF work on topics that cross area boundaries. Such cross-area work presents challenges for the organization of the IETF as well as on how interested parties can participate the work. The memo also provides some suggestions on managing these challenges. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-arkko-iesg-crossarea/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.