RE: A thought about agendas.....

[Ron Bonica <Ronald.P.Bonica@wcom.com>]

Harald,

The CCAMP chairs solicit requests for agenda time before each IETF. 
Some requests for agenda time are clearly appropriate, and they are 
honored. Some are less appropriate, for any of the following reasons:

- the requestor has not submitted a draft
- the requestor has submitted a draft that 
  is not within the WG charter
- the requestor submitted a version-00 draft, 
   but not early enough for people to have 
   read it or discussed it on the mailing list
- the requestor has submitted a draft that is 
   otherwise deficient

In these cases, the chairs communicate privately with the requestor,
identifying the problem and encouraging the requestor to try again
after the problem has been remedied.

Unfortunately, it took each of the chairs one meeting to realize that 
they weren't obliged to honor every request for agenda time. Maybe
we could make this part of WG Chair training.

                                            Ron


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wgchairs@ietf.org [mailto:owner-wgchairs@ietf.org]On Behalf
> Of Harald Tveit Alvestrand
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:25 PM
> To: wgchairs@ietf.org
> Subject: A thought about agendas.....
> 
> 
> I've noticed on some WG lists a note that says something on the order of 
> "calling all agenda items - if you want something on the agenda, 
> send it in 
> now" - with no further info.
> 
> I just wondered..... is this really the best way to make sure the 
> important 
> work gets the most time on the agenda?
> I mean - if the WG chair(s) already knows what the charter of the WG is, 
> what documents are in active development, and what the important issues 
> with them are, shouldn't the WG chair be able to write a proposal for an 
> agenda without asking for (randomized) input, and then say "what 
> else do we 
> need to talk about?" to the WG?
> 
> I think this has something to do with WG chairs and empowerment......
> 
> OTOH, ANY agenda that is sent out to the WG and posted on the Web 
> ahead of 
> the meeting greatly increases the chances for success (I think!)
> 
>                  Harald
>