Document Action: 'On Consensus and Humming in the IETF' to Informational RFC (draft-resnick-on-consensus-07.txt)
The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Mon, 28 April 2014 16:58 UTC
Return-Path: <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
X-Original-To: ietf-announce@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ietf-announce@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A936F1A6F87 for <ietf-announce@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:58:40 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.9
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9] autolearn=ham
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jhgxgV2dR8U4; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:58:39 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ietfa.amsl.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA201A6F99; Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
To: IETF-Announce <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
Subject: Document Action: 'On Consensus and Humming in the IETF' to Informational RFC (draft-resnick-on-consensus-07.txt)
X-Test-IDTracker: no
X-IETF-IDTracker: 5.4.1
Auto-Submitted: auto-generated
Precedence: bulk
Message-ID: <20140428165837.25871.76772.idtracker@ietfa.amsl.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:58:37 -0700
Archived-At: http://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/7WXrXbVyBcL8-LNlNAQV16so5eA
Cc: RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
X-BeenThere: ietf-announce@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Reply-To: ietf@ietf.org
List-Id: "IETF announcement list. No discussions." <ietf-announce.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/ietf-announce>, <mailto:ietf-announce-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/>
List-Post: <mailto:ietf-announce@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ietf-announce-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce>, <mailto:ietf-announce-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:58:40 -0000
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'On Consensus and Humming in the IETF' (draft-resnick-on-consensus-07.txt) as Informational RFC This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Jari Arkko. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-resnick-on-consensus/ Technical Summary The IETF has had a long tradition of doing its technical work through a consensus process, taking into account the different views among IETF participants and coming to (at least rough) consensus on technical matters. In particular, the IETF is supposed not to be run by a "majority rule" philosophy. This is why we engage in rituals like "humming" instead of voting. However, more and more of our actions are now indistinguishable from voting, and quite often we are letting the majority win the day, without consideration of minority concerns. This document is a collection of thoughts on what rough consensus is, how we have gotten away from it, and the things we can do in order to really achieve rough consensus. Working Group Summary Note: This document is quite consciously being put forward as Informational. It does not propose to change any IETF processes and is therefore not a BCP. It is simply a collection of principles, hopefully around which the IETF can come to (at least rough) consensus. Document Quality Well-run IETF consensus processes have usually followed at least some of the elements recommended by this document. Personnel The Document Shepherd and Responsible Area Director is Jari Arkko.