Re: Internet Draft Final Submission Cut-Off Today

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On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 07:35:35 PM Doug Barton wrote:
> On 02/26/2013 02:49 PM, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Pete Resnick <presnick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> >> But more seriously: I agree with you both. The deadline is silly.
> > 
> > +1
> > 
> > The deadline originated because the secretariat needed time to post all of
> > those drafts (by hand) before the meeting.  The notion of an automated
> > tool that blocks submissions for two weeks before the meeting is just
> > silly.
> -1
> 
> There are a non-trivial number of people who are intensely busy in the
> weeks leading up to a meeting, with a high degree of overlap with the
> set of people we want to be able to actually read the drafts prior to
> the face to face meeting of the WG. The same argument applies, although
> to a somewhat lesser extent, to being able to post for groups that are
> not meeting.
> 
> Is a few weeks where people cannot post what they want, when they want
> to; in order for the larger populace of the IETF to be able to focus on
> the activity in and around the meeting REALLY that much of a burden?

How does that relate to working groups that aren't meeting?  It was silly I 
had to rush to post a draft on Monday for a WG that's not meeting.

Scott K


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