Thought experiment [Re: Quality of Directorate reviews]

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 06 November 2019 22:55 UTC

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Subject: Thought experiment [Re: Quality of Directorate reviews]
To: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>, Ralph Droms <rdroms.ietf@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com>, IETF <ietf@ietf.org>, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:54:59 +1300
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Here's a thought experiment.

Update the standards process such that the approval of Proposed Standard
RFCs, after an IETF last call including some specified cross-area review
requirements, is done by the WG consensus process with the consent of the AD .

Why would that work? Because it now incents the WG chairs by making them,
in effect, where the buck stops. So the WG chairs and AD (typically
a committee of three) will feel the obligation to get everything
right. And it scales.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 07-Nov-19 06:04, Bob Hinden wrote:
> Ralph,
> 
>> On Nov 6, 2019, at 3:03 AM, Ralph Droms <rdroms.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We shouldn't be depending on last-minute quality checks to maintain the quality of our output.  Working groups should be producing documents that are ready to publish, and develop trust that their documents are high quality.
>>
> 
> I agree.  This pushes most of the responsibility to the w.g. chairs, where IMHO it belongs.   This does scale with the number of working groups.
> 
> Bob
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>