Re: comments on WG rechartering procedures

[Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com>]

At 09:25 AM 9/10/2003 -0400, Thomas Narten wrote:
> > We're still discussing when mailing lists @ietf.org can be created. I've
> > asked Barbara to give me some background information so that we can decide
> > what policy we want. More issues here....
>
> We have runnng code that mailing lists are being created prior to
> official WG creation. I surely hope we aren't about to change that,
> and the above wording leaves me uncomfortable that we're maybe
> changing running code.

More than this...  Some ADs require that there is an active mailing
list, with substantive discussion, before agreeing to a BOF.  It can
be difficult to move these lists later.

Are we actively trying, at this point, to consolidate IETF mailing
lists to the secretariat/ietf.org?  If so, why?  If not, then we
don't necessarily have any say in how/when/if a mailing list gets
created.

> > This ties into the "creation of mailing lists" issue.
>
> In those cases where the list is hosted at ietf.org - not all lists
> are. Indeed, _all_ BOFs/pre-WGs have mailing lists prior to being WGs,
> though not necssarily hosted at ietf.org.

Exactly.

> > I suggest we delay this until we have another discussion on "what 
> should be
> > public when", and when mailing lists are created.
>
> Can we just say something like that on all public messages, the WG
> mailing should be cc'ed (if it exists).

wfm.

Margaret