Keith, > okay, just to be clear - I'm not sure it should be assumed that SGs > follow the same rules as for WGs - especially if SGs can be closed or > invitation only like design teams can. > > I like openness, but I also recognize that the IETF culture tends to > interpret openness broadly enough to mean that anyone can bring up any > topic at any time, whether or not that topic is related to the group's > purpose, whether or not that person knows what he is talking about, > whether or not that topic has already been discussed and a conclusion > reached, and whether or not there is any new information on that topic. > And this is a big part of our problem. So I think it might be a mistake > to incorporate too many assumptions about IETF WGs into SGs. > Fair enough. Like I said, this option did not occur to me, but I would also be fine if we employed it. What do other people think? Jari _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf