Re: Please review PROBLEM charter

[Leslie Daigle <leslie@thinkingcat.com>]

Question:  is this the stage at which the IAB is usually
cc'ed?

And, has it yet been agreed to cc: the potential WG chairs
on these discussions so that they get to see the comments
in real time?

Leslie.

Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> The following charter has been proposed.
> IESG-secretary, please put this on the IESG agenda for review on the 
> next telechat (so that we can send it to new-work and ietf-announce 
> afterwards).
>
>                  Harald
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>
> Problem Statement (problem)
>
> Chair(s):
> Melinda Shore <mshore@cisco.com>
> Avri Doria <avri@acm.org>
>
> General Area Director(s):
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
>
> General Area Advisor:
> Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
>
> Mailing List:
> General Discussion:  problem-statement@alvestrand.no
> To Subscribe:        mail to problem-statement-request@alvestrand.no
> Archive:             http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/problem-statement/
>
> Description of Working Group:
>
> Discussions during 2002 have revealed a significant number of thoughts
> about problems that exist with the way the IETF operates.  In advance of
> trying to change the IETF procedures and rules to deal with these
> problems, the IETF should have a clear, agreed description of what
> problems we are trying to solve.
>
> This group is charged with producing the document describing these
> problems.  The analysis of the problem should seek out the root causes
> of the problems as well as the perceived derivative problems.
>
> The intent is that the group will discuss issues on its mailing list,
> and that there will be an editing team to produce a clear concise
> problem statement on which the group has come to consensus and present
> to the IETF as a basis for an IETF consensus.
>
> As a second work item, the group will also produce a proposal for a
> process to develop solutions to the problems identified by this working
> group.
>
> It is not a part of this group's charter to propose solutions to the
> problems.
>
> The work items will be reviewed in IESG plenary at the IETF.
>
> Goals and Milestones:
>
> Jan 03 Group formed
> Feb 03 First I-D of problem statement issued
> Mar 03 Problem statement reviewed at the IESG Plenary
> Mar 03 First I-D of process proposal issued
> May 03 Problem statement submitted for IESG review
> Jul 03 Process proposal reviewed at the IESG Plenary
> Aug 03 Process proposal submitted for IESG review
> Oct 03 Re-charter or close working group

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