Web Elucidation of Internet Related Developments WG

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Web Elucidation of Internet Related Developments
WG

• 47th IETF - Adelaide, SA, Australia

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Preliminaries

• Circulate Blue Sheet
• Will Someone Take Meeting Minutes, Please?
• E-mail list ietf-weird_at_imc.org
• To Subscribe ietf-weird-request_at_imc.org
• Chair Chris Burke Chris.Burke_at_motorola.com
• Area Director April Marine April.Marine_at_nominu
  m.com
• Web page http//usv.ietf.org/weird/

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Agenda

• 5 min Agenda Bashing
• 5 min Introductions
• 20 min Discussion of Bernie Monette web page
  prototype at http//www.iaai.ca/weird
• 20 min Discussion of Kathy Bosovich multicast
  paper at http//home.earthlink.net/serotonin/M
  ulticasting2_2_8_00.html
• 20 min Discussion of Chris Burke wireless paper
  at http//home.earthlink.net/serotonin/HotTopi
  cWireless.htm
• 15 min Status Update vs. Charter
• 30 min Actions for next 90 days
• --- Adjourn

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Agenda Bashing
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Introductions
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Monette Web Page

• Monette prototype of WEIRD web page at
  http//www.iaai.ca/weird/
• Contrast with Jones prototype at
  http//www.ravenrock.net/usv/weird.html

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Monette Web Page Discussion
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Bosovich Multicast Article

• Multicast is one of the hot topics we
  identified
• Kathy Bosovich wrote an article for WEIRD on
  current IETF activities in multicast. Thanks!
• Roger Kermode, co-chair of Reliable Multicast
  Transport (RMT) WG in Transport Area, offered to
  review and comment on the article - waiting.

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Bosovich Multicast Article Discussion
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Burke Wireless Article

• Wireless is one of the hot topics we
  identified
• Chris Burke wrote an article for WEIRD on current
  IETF activities in multicast.
• IAB has a current strong interest in wireless
  issues and recommended postponing publication of
  the article until after their report on the
  Wireless Invitational and Wireless BOF at
  Adelaide.

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Burke Wireless Article Discussion
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Status Update vs. Charter

• Two partial web site prototypes builtDarrin
  Jones, Bernie Monette
• Three partial content pieces writtenmulticast,
  wireless, Adelaide BOF guide

• Continued interest in content from
• User community
• IESG
• Content volunteers
• Fluctuating / light WG participation and poor
  record vs milestones

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Status Update vs. Charter

• WEIRD Charter Goals and Milestones
• May 99 Finalize outline for pages and prioritize
  sections
• Jul 99 Formally solicit feedback regarding
  progress to date
• Jul 99 Review progress, outline and
  prioritization of tasks and content
• Nov 99 Formally solicit feedback regarding
  progress to date
• Nov 99 Review outline and prioritization of tasks
  and revise if necessary
• Feb 00 Create hardcopy version and submit as
  Internet-Draft
• Mar 00 Submit hardcopy version for RFC
  publication
• Jul 00 Review progress and make decision to
  disband or re-charter

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Status / Charter Discussion
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Action Items for Next 90 Days
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Action Items from IETF 46

• Action Item
• Finalize process
• Finalize template
• Do It - Content
• Do It - Edit
• Do It - Web
• Act like a working group - review stuff,
  participate

• Volunteer
• Chris by default
• Bruce Campbell
• Existing volunteers
• TBD
• Existing volunteers
• (get list from April)

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Next 90 Days Call To Action

• Begin the disband / re-charter discussion now so
  we can propose by IETF 48
• Continue to get hot topics pieces written
• Form a BOF Guide sub-team for Pittsburgh
• Assign root site and webmaster
• Bring up a real web site, with hot topic and
  BOF report content, by IETF 48

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Getting To Content
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StrawmanArea News / Plan Template

• BOFs happening this IETF in this Area, and what
  if any 'big picture' they're part of
• ADs general architectural vision for the area
• ADs view of relationships of work in the area to
  work of other WGs in same or other areas
• Update on changes in area procedures that might
  be good for IETF attendees or press to know about

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Hot Topics Template

• What is it (30 words or less)
• Which working groups in IETF address this, what
  are their perspectives
• How are the activities on this topic in different
  working groups related / interdependent
• What are the current status, time scales,
  expected short-term developments.
• Date on all information (aging)
• Extended comments if any
• What else is important thats not on the template
• Who is implementing it (????)

• Who are you?
• Identification / credit
• Credentials?
• Disclaimer / individuality vs institutional
  opinion
• Links
• mailing lists
• additional information (URLs) to WGs -gt chairs,
  ADs
• repository identified
• n.b. dont want press directed to WG mailing
  lists
• Related, outside the IETF
• If you read nothing else, read this...

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Thanks!

• Have a great weekend.