Does it mean that VPN4DC discussion which was held in L3VPN WG session at Taipei will be moved to a new WG? Should L3VPN wait until the new WG is established?
Linda Dunbar
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> From:
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> Of Marshall Eubanks
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 7:38 AM
> To: L3VPN; Stewart Bryant (stbryant);
ben@...
> Subject: Possible Shutdown of L3VPN
>
> Dear WG members;
>
> With the Paris meeting coming up, we felt that you should know that
> there has been serious discussion of shutting down the L3VPN working
> group, both because of a decline of work in the group, and because of
> the
> expected new work to come from the DC effort is likely to require a
> new working group with a different focus.
>
> If the WG were to be wound down, the basic choices for existing drafts
> are
>
> - to go to last call with the drafts that are ready for it or
>
> - to put outstanding WG drafts into another WG, such as MPLS, or
>
> - to have the ADs sponsor "orphaned" drafts that don't fit in another
> WG as individual submissions.
>
> We have polled the current draft authors, and do not see any
> insurmountable difficulties with this process.
>
> There doesn't at present seem to be enough business to warrant another
> L3VPN meeting in Paris. However, we feel that the future of the WG
> (and of the work)
> should be discussed in person, so we plan to request time on the
> agenda to discuss this at
> the RTGAREA meeting.
>
> If anyone feels that closing L3VPN would be a mistake, now is the time
> to speak up.
>
> Regards
> Marshall Eubanks / Ben Niven-Jenkins
