Working Group Workshop


This workshop was a 60-minute tutorial on the IETF standards process and
the IETF working group structure.  Though originally intended for
working group chairs as a ``training'' session, this workshop has been
shown to be interesting to a much broader audience of people who are
curious to learn about the ways of the IETF. It also acted as a
refresher course for current working group chairs with pointers on
running IETF working groups and BOFs.  Some of the issues included:


   o The IETF publishing process:  Internet-Drafts versus RFCs

   o The RFC series:  Informational versus Experimental versus
     standards-track

   o The management and review structure

   o The chain of appeal

   o The role of a working group chair

   o The basic workings of a working group

   o Working group creation

   o The standards submission and review process


A 10-minute ``round robin'' question and answer period, with the
workshop leader and veteran working group chairs in attendance, provided
additional input and clarification to the workings of the IETF process.