> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Melinda Shore
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:01 PM
> To: George, Wes
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OPSAWG] Call for adoption, two capwap-related documents
>
> On 4/30/13 10:07 AM, George, Wes wrote:
> > I guess someone needs to decide if this is truly considered a
> > small-scale extension and enough of the former CAPWAP participants are
> > involved in OpsAWG such that we get the right level of review. If the
> > answer to those questions is yes, I'd be fine with adopting this one.
>
> Well, I think the "someone" is us as a group. Taking off my chair hat,
> I think that this is pretty clearly not a major revision of capwap and
> would not merit a 'bis'
> document. There's also been a considerable amount of outreach to former
> capwap participants and to the IEEE 802.11n community, which may have
> not been visible to working group participants.
>
> Melinda
>
[[DR]] All the above is correct. I also believe that the type of extensions
defined by the proposed work fits within the charter of OPSAWG, with sufficient
support. And here is the issue - and to explain my concern I need to share some
of my experience from the time I was the shepherding AD for CAPWAP. This WG
started in big rooms at the BOF phase, continued in reasonably-sized rooms when
the work started, and ended in small rooms, with a handful of active
participants in the editing of the latest documents. Out of the people
expressing interest to do or supporting this new work there is I saw (and I may
have missed messages) only one of the co-authors of RFC 5415 (Dorothy Stanley -
who is also the liaison of IEEE 802.11 to the IETF). In order to avoid the
situation of having a work approved but not enough hands and eyes to do it, the
chairs need to make sure that the folks who expressed support are also willing
and have the time to contribute as editors, reviewers and implem
enters.
Regards,
Dan
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