Subject: MIB agenda

From: "Peter W. Gayek" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 94 23:17:35 EDT

Deirdre,
You wanted comments on the proposed agenda.  I'm not sure how long
you intended each of the agenda parts to take, but I hope that the
"issues" part of the meeting is a very big block of time.  Several
times now at AIW meetings we have briefly discussed DLSw MIB issues,
and made some good lists.  But we have yet to actually dig in, slog
through proposals in detail, and discuss each issue until we
reach a consensus that an editor could go off and act upon.
As you know, some issues can take a long time to discuss.

Given the lack of activity on this mailing list, our only shot at
real progress seems to be with the upcoming meeting.  Most of the
Version 1 protocol issues are resolved, and I think we have all
agreed that the MIB takes priority over Version 2 protocol issues.
I hope we can reflect this priority in the schedule by according
3-4 hours of time to the MIB.  (the RIG has 12 hours total, which
should be more than enough)

I make this statement based on the assumption that there is at
least a core of interested persons who would like to work on the MIB.
I know that many at the AIW will be protocol-oriented folks who
would rather not sit through a detailed discussion.  So I suggest
we put our block(s) of time at the end of the day(s) so uninterested
persons can slip away and those left can really make progress.  If
we find that so many slip away that there really isn't a core after
all, then let's just declare failure and have everyone ship their
own proprietary DLSw MIB.

I think this is our best chance to get the MIB effort going, and hope
we can take advantage of it.

Regards,
Peter Gayek
IBM Corp.

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From: "Deirdre Kostick" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 94 10:14:12 -0400

Peter --

Thanks for your comments

FYI - I've requested 2 2-hour slots
from the DLSw RIG schedule
from Louise. 

I share your concern regarding lack of
discussion on the list. What has been
effective in other groups is to have
a small group (4-5) of individuals
take "ownership" of the MIB -- making
specific contributions with the editor
pulling the contributions together.

I'd like the goal of this meeting to not only be
the detailed review of the DLSw MIB proposals, 
but also the identification of
specific areas of follow-up work
assigned to a set of willing "volunteers".

To make the meeting more productive, it would
be useful for attendees to prepare by:
	+ reviewing the current DLSw MIB proposals,
        + reviewing D. Chen's comparison &
          list of issues posted to the list
          previously
         + review of the current DLSw protocol
           to insure that we are in synch.

Other suggestions?
 
Regards,
Deirdre