Re: Steps to make the IntArea WG more productive

Thomas: also on some of your points ...

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 15:26, Thomas Narten <narten <at> us.ibm.com> wrote:
> - No presentations for new material (i.e., work to take on) without
>  there first being list discussion for the proposal AND there being
>  some minimal level of support on the list that haveing a
>  presentation is appropriate. Far too many folk are now in the mode
>  of justifying attendance at meetings by writing a draft and giving
>  presentations, when too often (IMO) the presentations waste the
>  community's time.
>
> - limit the number of presentations for non-WG documents. Give an ID
>  one chance (maybe, but see the previous point), but if it's clear
>  the document isn't gonna be adopted by the WG, don't keep giving
>  them an agenda slot. Far too many WGs do that today.
>
> - The default position for new work should be "no". It can't be enough
>  that people aren't opposed or don't care. There needs to be real
>  benefit to the work being done.

These are taken care of in the WG Charter:

New work must satisfy the following conditions:

(1) WG consensus on the relevance for the Internet at large.

(2) WG consensus on the suitability and projected quality of the
proposed work item.

(3) A core group of WG participants with sufficient energy and