Re: [Idr] Thoughts on https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hares-idr-bgp-registries-01.txt

["Susan Hares" <[e-mail]>]

Eric: 

 

What I summarize from your note is the following: 

1)       You do not feel WG chairs or ADs are collaborative in the IETF
professional society even though the IETF runs on rough consensus and
running code.   You feel WG chairs and ADs are motivated by commercial
reasons before the altruism of the IETF professional ideals.   

2)      You want a BGP attribute name-space without any oversight, even
though squatting brought attribute conflict that lead us to this point. 

3)      "egad process" is the depth of your understanding on the IANA
reviews.  

 

Wow!  An anarchist in a standards society with a low opinion of moral of WG
chairs and ADs.  

Thank you for bringing an enjoyable moment  into my day.  

 

Sue 

 

From: Eric C Rosen [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 4:54 PM
To: Susan Hares; [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [Idr] Thoughts on
https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-hares-idr-bgp-registries-01.txt

 

On 3/21/2017 11:55 AM, Susan Hares wrote:



Eric: 

 

Politics: I do not know how this introduces politics - since it is just the
WG chairs. The WG chairs for BGP related groups are very collaborative.  


And they would never dream of trying to manipulate the process in order to
slow down the work of a competitor!  Absolutely unheard of.

A committee with no politics?  That would be a first.




If they are not collaborative, the ADs can work with or replace the WG
chairs.   


Oh, no politics there either ;-) And we know how quickly things happen when
the ADs have to "work with or replace" the chairs.




 

How does it speed up things?  It provides 8 designated experts which means
IANA does not have to chase down a few people (2-3).   


Currently, with no designated experts, IANA does not have to chase down
anyone.  Requiring additional approvals can only slow things down, not speed
them up.




This is the most often reason for IANA slow-downs (AFAIK).  The
collaborative chairs can decide on a rotation for a designated person to
check up with other chairs.  


Egad, more process.








Have I responded to all your concerns?  

 


Not at all.