Re: IRTF summary & pros/cons

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> - An editor gave the example of AAA and how having the "IRTF umbrella kept
> AAA in the game"

this makes no sense.  i am the ietf area director for ops, under which aaa
falls.  the aaa working group in the ietf is extremely active, and hopes to
have the converged protocol before the london meeting.

there is also an aaaarch irtf research group, working on some long-range
research ideas.  it is not exprected, required, or strongly desired that
aaarch produce something soon or even implementable.  they're doing
research, a perfectly valid activity.

but all in all, what is the actual issue here?  i.e. why is this whole topic
interesting?  if the cdn wannabe wg
  o has consensus on a charter
  o has the area directors in sync with that charter
  o has some drafts in play
  o has an active discussion on those drafts
then cdn will become a wg.  if not, then ...

randy