Agenda and draft cutoff

[Black_David@emc.com]

> This is a procedural/process question.  Who determines/decides when
> to make exceptions to drafts missing the draft cutoff, per the message
> below?

The WG co-chairs assemble the agenda and make this
sort of decision in consultation with and subject
to review by the Area Directors.  If these sort of
exceptions happen on a regular basis, the Area Directors
will get seriously annoyed, and it's not a good idea to
annoy the Area Directors ;-).  In this case, the draft
missed the cutoff by a few hours, and relates to the
most important technical issue in front of FCIP
and iFCP, so holding up technical progress to make
this procedural  point doesn't seem like a wise move
... but if this sort of deadline gaming starts to
become a regular event, it may become necessary to
enforce the deadlines without exception.  Please
try to get drafts in several days ahead of the
deadline to avoid this possibility.

With luck, the agenda will appear tomorrow - the
snowstorm in New England didn't help :-( .

Thanks,
--David
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