John Klensin and I wrote a draft on lightweight process experiments, and would like to get other people's feedback before requesting last call for publication as a BCP. The abstract is In the last two years, the IETF has initiated a number of interrelated efforts to improve or fine-tune its standards process and its internal procedures using the procedures intended for development of protocol specifications. None of these efforts has had an observable impact on the quality or timeliness of IETF outputs, and, based on the proposed charter milestones now under discussion, approval to try to improve things is still between six and eighteen months away. This document proposes a radically different approach to the system of making changes to IETF process, one that relies heavily on a "propose and carry out an experiment, evaluate the experiment, and then establish permanent procedures based on operational experience" model rather than the ones that have been attempted previously. The announcement is at http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf-announce/Current/msg29188.html. The draft itself is at http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-klensin-process-july14-01.txt. Please follow up on the Solutions mailing list. The URL for this mailing list, including subscription information, is http://eikenes.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/solutions. Thanks, Spencer, for John and Spencer