Planned document coordination committee with ITU [was Re: you OK with something like this?]

[Leslie Daigle <leslie@thinkingcat.com>]

Thanks, James.

I'm a little surprised not to have heard any further comment
from anyone on the IAB or IESG?  Or is my mailbox broken
again... sigh.

Leslie.

James Kempf wrote:
> I'm not entirely clear what the problem with Megaco was other than that it
> required lots of co-ordination, but I think the solutions proposed by Scott
> (either one or the other SDO take the lead) makes sense.
>
> Incidently, we are facing a similar issue currently w.r.t. IEEE 802.11 and
> CAPWAP.
>
>             jak
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leslie Daigle" <leslie@thinkingcat.com>
> To: <iab@ietf.org>; <iesg@ietf.org>; "Scott Bradner" <sob@harvard.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:48 AM
> Subject: [Fwd: you OK with something like this?]
>
>
>
> > IAB, IESG,
> >
> > A couple of messages from Scott attached, with permission.
> >
> > The basic issue is about creating a working framework for
> > carrying out joint work where appropriate.
> >
> > Initial concerns raised when I floated the notion on yesterday's
> > IAB call were that this had unsuccessful outcomes in cases
> > such as MEGACO -- you'll see Scott's rebuttal in note #2.
> >
> >
> > Scott, does the proposed joint committee sound similar in intent
> > to the W3C-IETF coordinating committee?  That seems to work
> > reasonably well (when we pay attention to our action items...)
> > My concern in reading the description (and name, "Single Document
> > Coordinating Committee") is that it implies that the group has
> > binding effects on IETF or ITU work processes.  (Unlike the
> > W3C-IETF coordinating committee, in which issues are discussed,
> > but it's clear Tim Berners-Lee doesn't get to immediately
> > flush proposed URI schemes, for example).   Even though
> > I expect it's not your intention, mis-interpretations by
> > later folks using the arrangement could be painful, and
> > best avoided by clear description of the roles here and now,
> > IMO.
> >
> > Leslie.