On 5/12/19 8:53 PM, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
No, a fully-developed solution is not necessary. But something more
than a plaintive "there has to be a better way". Particularly from
someone like you who has been through all of this multiple times before.
My purpose at the moment is to see how much interest/willingness there
is to reconsider some of the habits we've accumulated. If there's
insufficient interest, there's no point in going further at this time. [*]
Many years in IETF have taught me that pitching a proposal prematurely
does harm, because it prejudices people against considering the proposal
later when the circumstances are more favorable.
Keith
[*] But I have seen signs of hope recently in IETF. People are trying
some new ways of running groups, as well as more ambitious technical
ideas, and there seems to be increased interest in making remote
participation more effective. So I'm cautiously encouraged.
