At 08:14 AM 4/16/02 -0700, Dave Crocker wrote: >Query to the group: If we believe we should not hold working groups to >their milestones, why bother to have those milestones? I think there's a useful middle ground between slavery to milestones and completely ignoring them. I think a group that has failed to deliver its milestones should reasonable expect to face some questions about why not, and absent any indication of reasonable cause then maybe shutting down is the appropriate response. But (to be clear) I'm not sure that there's really anything here that calls for a change in the rules so much as maybe engendering a slight sense of urgency. Sometimes, it's appropriate to nag folks to deliver on their promises in timely fashion (and I know I'm not entirely innocent of needing such prodding, on occasion). #g ------------------- Graham Klyne <GK@NineByNine.org>