Dissolving a dysfunctional working group also allows for a reset, e.g., telling the first group that was waiting for a solution to develop a more narrowly focused solution itself when the attempt at a broad solution has failed. Dave Crocker wrote: > > At 03:18 PM 4/15/2002 +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > >Shutting down working groups when they fail to meet milestones is an option, > >but it certainly doesn't help that other working group you mentioned, which > >is waiting on the results of the one which is deadlocked. > > That other working group is already being not served. Holding a working > group to its milestones makes the situation more explicit. > > Query to the group: If we believe we should not hold working groups to > their milestones, why bother to have those milestones? >