Hi all, We are planning to reorganize the MIP6, MONAMI6, and NEMO working groups in the Internet Area. The idea is to merge these three groups, all of which work around the Mobile IPv6 protocol and its extensions. The merge will not happen immediately, but around the IETF69 time frame when MIP6 has completed a few more of its work items, MONAMI6 has submitted its main specification, and NEMO has gotten on its way with its newly chartered work. The resulting working group will be bigger, but still committed to completing work on all three aspects, i.e., base features, support for multiple care-of addresses, and network mobility. The chartered work items or their planned delivery dates will not be changed because of this.
The reasons why we are making this change include - Putting most of work around Mobile IPv6 and its extensions into one place, reducing the need to coordinate, and making it easier for new people and outsiders to see where this work is happening. - The bigger group makes it easier to find reviewers, and have a complete picture of how the protocol is being extended. - Provide a better ability to prioritize work and maybe add some competition for resources. - Easier management for the ADs, needing to deal with one instead of three groups. - Make room in the meeting schedule and area for BOFs and new groups. I have groups meeting at the same time in Prague, for instance. - This is a good time for this change in the lifecycle of the three groups. The detailed implementation of this change will take place in the coming months, but we wanted to give everyone a heads-up that this is going to happen. And an opportunity for comments, we do appreciate feedback on this and other issues relating to the management of the area. Speaking of comments -- this note goes out to a number of lists, but please direct further discussion to myself and the int-area list. Jari and Mark _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
