[iot-discussion] Proto-charter for IoT working group

all,

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 07:28:29PM +0200, Anna Wilson wrote:

> Draft:

I'd like to thank the volunteers for drafting this. I believe
it is a good start, but not yet good enough - and while indeed
polishing might be too much, let's take the time to apply emery paper.

> The Internet of Things working group will work on the areas of:
> - what role do service providers want to play
> - what role can service providers play

[the session was about security, so what was implicit could be made
 a bit more explicit here]

> - what do we need from manufacturers

Really, after enjoying the discussion in a room full of (mostly,
no offense) engineers in a state of mutually assured perplexity (fair
enough) and thus singing "regulation" in a choir, this

> - engaging with governments and regulators

gives me grief and dispair.  We, RIPE, already have a WG explicitly aimed
at interaction with this sphere and so not only should the overlap be seriously
clarified, it is also unclear to me how a WG would literally "engag[e] with
governments and regulators".

> - recommendations for vendors, service providers, end users and relevant stakeholders

On the - useful, IMHO - vendor/manufacturer split, I'd like to see
an emphasis on bringing together from different communities,
given there's little "I" in IoT.

-Peter