On 8/27/2010 2:19 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote:
However, I also believe that the outreach component is an important one to
the viability/goodwill of/towards the organization.
Olaf,
I don't understand this assertion. It's the sort of statement that is easy to
make and sounds good, but it's practical meaning is not at all clear. Or worse,
it is counter-productive in its effect.
At a minimum, this is exactly the sort of goal-creep that dilutes the focus on
getting primary work done. List a small set of goals for a meeting venue, that
are indisputably within the IETF's goals, and there is already a challenge in
satisfying them. Add more goals, like these, and it merely makes things more
difficult?
Outreach for what? What is its effects on the IETF's work? What is the basis
for claiming those effects?
Goodwill? Either that means that the IETF's goals are not restricted to the
development of useful technical specification or it means that the process of
developing those specifications is significantly politicized. Please clarify.
Perhaps the assertion of these added goals is based on deep and pragmatic
analysis. However when others have made similar assertions over the last 15
years, the justification has not withstood serious review, IMO.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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