Question regarding the scope of the WG

[Brad Volz <bradv@affectation.org>]

Greetings,

This message is being sent in response to the request sent to the
NANOG list by Bill Woodcock ( Subject: IETF draft on Operator 
Requirements of Network Management Tools ).

Before I comment, I have a question or two.  I am specifically
interested in what the scope of Network Management is that the WG 
intends to address.  The reason that I ask, is that I have 
personally spoken to people who had the following views on what 
Network Management entails: 

a/  Device configuration management

b/  Statistical collection, to include billing

c/  Network surveillance

These all seem valid to me.  

Is there a specific focus, or is the answer more along the lines 
of "D.  All of the above"  ?

Thanks,

--bradv