Re: Charter review

[Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet@localhost]

Ian/Henk,

I think this is a good and useful step.  While the Test Traffic Project 
is extremely useful, I don't think that it is the only item of interest 
as regards to Internet measurements.  As you've mentioned, the community 
has influenced the group to widen its remit and I think changing the 
charter (without obviously muscling in on the territory of NCC Services) 
is a fair way to reflect this.

As to the name, MAT-WG seems grand.

Thanks for putting the work in on all of this.

Regards,

Brian.

Ian.Meikle@localhost wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One agenda item for Lisbon is to review the charter for the TT-WG. Our
> suggested wording is below:
>
> The purpose of the working group is to provide a forum in which the
> RIPE NCC and the community can collaborate in the areas of data, tools
> and analysis relating to the Internet and its infrastructure, with a
> loose focus on monitoring, diagnosis, analysis and forecasting. It is
> not the purpose of the working group to compare the performance of
> networks for marketing purposes.
>
> We recognise that the recent WG session content has reacted to participant
> demand by moving beyond the existing charter to include topics outside of
> the RIPE NCC Test Traffic Measurements. This demonstrates that there is a
> clear demand within the community for a place to discuss technical
> innovations in measurements, tools and analysis. The intent is to widen the
> scope of the working group so that we can accomodate such discussions as
> well as retaining a natural home for the NCC team to report on their
> activities.

 This move away from a strict focus on Test Traffic means that
> we will have to change the name of the working group. Our 'working title'
> is MAT-WG, where MAT is an acronym for Measurement, Analysis, Tools, and we
> welcome your comments on this, or alternative suggestions.
>
> Ian and Henk
> TT-WG Chairs