IETF 55: Atlanta

[Ron Bonica <Ronald.P.Bonica@wcom.com>]

All,

It is time to start setting the agenda for the Atlanta meeting.
If you want to discuss issues with drafts at the Atlanta meeting
please request a slot to do so, by sending mail to the wg chairs.

As always the slots will be allocated for discussions according
to what is outlined below.

Ron and Kireeti

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It is not the purpose of a WG session to have
presentation of the content of a document. It
is assumed that all attendees will have read the
drafts in advance of the meeting.

For documents that are work-in-progress, the
presentation should cover issues resolved since
the last draft followed by open issues and
controversial topics with the intent to reach a
resolution of said issues and topics.

For new work items, the presentation should focus on
what the problem is and why it is necessary for the
work group to address it.  Further it should be either
shown how it falls within the existing charter or why
and how the charter should be extended to encompass it.
The solution should only be sketched.

The appropriate way of bringing new work to the working
group is to send a draft to the mailing list and promoting
discussion on the list. Slots on the agenda should be used
to discuss outstanding topics that has not be solved on the
mailing list.

For new proposals addressing issues where
work-in-progess the presentation should focus
on the (perceived) short-fallings of the existing
work and why those issues need to be addressed
both in terms of why they are required and why they
cannot be addressed in the existing work.
the new work must be related to existing work (i.e.
compatible, mutually exclusive, outright replacement).
Finally, the new solution should be sketched,
explaining how the solution overcomes those issues.
The primary purpose of this last part is to allow commentary
from the floor, it should not be orientated toward selling
the idea.

In all cases only a limited number of slides should be used.
Speakers should budget their at least 25% of their time to
allow for questions.

Individual contributors: When requesting time on the agenda,
please indicate how your contribution supports the WG charter.

(Thanks to Loa Anderson for articulating the ground rules.)


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