On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Keith Moore <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 05/17/2013 10:21 PM, Andy Bierman wrote: > >> >> I notice that nowhere on this list is any mention of the charter >> milestones >> or dates. Is the Foo Proto draft due in 14 months or is it 14 months >> behind >> schedule? If the latter, why isn't the Foo WG meeting at the IETF? >> >> > I don't think milestones will be useful unless and until: > > (a) they're defined in terms of not only concrete but also meaningful > goals (e.g. "complete problem definition", "identify affected parties and > groups representing their interests", "complete outline of initial design", > but NOT "revise document X"); > (b) we start automatically suspending the activities of groups that fail > to meet them (no meetings, no new I-Ds accepted, mailing list traffic > blocked), until such groups are formally rechartered; and > (c) IESG is reluctant to recharter groups that have repeatedly failed to > meet milestones, especially if those groups haven't produced evidence of > significant progress. > > I think we can find some middle ground between "ignore charter milestones completely" and "autobot to terminate WGs behind schedule". :-) Keith > > Andy
