Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation
Michael StJohns <mstjohns@comcast.net> Wed, 19 June 2019 18:34 UTC
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Subject: Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation
To: Richard Barnes <rlb@ipv.sx>
Cc: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>, John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>, IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>
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On 6/19/2019 12:27 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: > Preparing for a re-bid after the first extension doesn't necessarily > mean that the second extension won't be exercised. Plans are just > plans and circumstances could change. I don't think that passes the smell test. Announcing a plan to re-bid at least 18 months and maybe more like 24 months ahead of a re-bid beginning suggests to me that the exercise of the second extension would only happen if the re-bid didn't result in viable offers - including any other offers from the incumbent possibly bidding against themselves. > > I think we both have to drink. ☕️☕️ No - I don't think so. While its possible a later IAB or RSOC could change the conditions, I think what I said is a good representation of current reality. Later, Mike > > --Richard > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 9:19 AM Mike StJohns <mstjohns@comcast.net > <mailto:mstjohns@comcast.net>> wrote: > > Tell me if I have to drink. The current contract was for 2 years > with the possibility of 2 2year extensions for a possible total of > 6 years. The contract started 1 Jan 2018 making the initial end > date 31 Dec 2019. From what Sarah’s note said, the IAB and RSOC > decided to exercise the first extension option which if accepted > would place the contract end at 31 Dec 2021 (2.5 years from now). > The IAB RSOC at the same time is indicated that they would never > exercise the second extension, instead indicating they would put > the RSE back out for a new contract with an award date by 1Jan 2022. > > Did I miss anything or does Sarah’s note allow for a different set > of conclusions? > > Mike > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 19, 2019, at 11:55, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com > <mailto:mellon@fugue.com>> wrote: > > > > The amount of speculation going on here is impressive. FWIW, my > main reaction to this is that I’m really sorry to hear that > Heather is going. She’s been wonderful. > > > > I don’t know if there is any debugging required here, but I do > know that no part of the debugging process can happen on this > mailing list. I won’t ask you to stop, because you won’t. > > > > So perhaps we can have a drinking game. One shot of espresso > every time someone speculates wildly. Two shots every time someone > gets the length of the term wrong. Every time you post you have to > drink a shot. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jun 19, 2019, at 11:47 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com > <mailto:john-ietf@jck.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Stewart, > >> > >> I disagree, but only partially. I think there are actually at > >> least three or four separate questions involved with this. One > >> is a strategy question or set of them having to do with how the > >> RFC Editor Function is managed and overseen. Questions of > >> contract lengths, who has responsibility for what, and even the > >> question the Mike St Johns raised about whether, with the IASA > >> and then IASA2 transitions and other changes, the IAB's having > >> exclusive control is still right for the community are all part > >> of that. So are other questions, e.g., whether, there should > >> be people on the RSOC who are selected by the Nomcom for those > >> roles or appointed by other community bodies. Those are issues > >> that affect the whole community (including many > >> none-participants in the IETF) and should be about to be > >> discussed broadly. If a public discussion of them is not > >> possible, I think we are in very big trouble indeed. > >> > >> Second, there are questions surrounding whether some of the > >> decisions that seem to have been made here --notably taking an > >> action that would have a high likelihood of constraining options > >> 2.5 years out-- represent good business and/or management > >> practices. With one exception that I trust is not the case and > >> that would raise other issues, I cannot imagine why the > >> community should not be able to discuss whether or not the > >> process of overseeing the RSE (and the RFC Editor Function > >> generally) is applying good practices. If Heather was not > >> consulted (I don't think we know whether she was or not and she > >> is certainly not the person who should be obligated to tell us) > >> before the decision was made about the tradeoffs involved, how > >> difficult she thought it would be a find a replacement, etc., > >> that is, to me, another management process issue for which there > >> should be some accountability. (I know such a conversation might > >> have been awkward but, noting that the nomcom handles equally > >> awkward conversations every year, if we cannot have expectations > >> about Heather's professionalism and that of the RSOC that are at > >> least that high, we are in big trobule.) If none of that can > >> discussed in public, then, AFAICT, we are essentially deciding > >> that the RSOC (or the RSOC and the IAB together) are not > >> accountable to the community around issues that clearly involve > >> management decisions and not just handing out architectural > >> advice. > >> > >> Third, there is the question of Heather's performance. Taking an > >> action that, at least IMO, would have a high likelihood of > >> resulting in her saying "I don't need any more of this" (even > >> from someone of Heather's normal cheery temperament, especially > >> as compared to the hotheads among us) and doing so without > >> community input, even if that input had been requested to be > >> sent to the RSOC rather than this list, seems inappropriate ... > >> or is part of the management and accountability issues mentioned > >> above. > >> > >> None of the above interacts with the details of particular > >> contracts with individuals, cost negotiations, etc., which > >> should clearly not be on this list. > >> > >> best, > >> john > >> > >> > >> --On Wednesday, June 19, 2019 15:26 +0100 Stewart Bryant > >> <stewart.bryant@gmail.com <mailto:stewart.bryant@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >>> I really do not think that this is a discussion that should > >>> take place in a public forum like this. > >>> > >>> There is much that both parties may legitimately wish to keep > >>> private in situations such as this. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
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- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Aaron Falk
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Terry Manderson
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Alexander Neilson
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Terry Manderson
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Brian E Carpenter
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Alexander Neilson
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- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Alexander Neilson
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Henrik Levkowetz
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Stewart Bryant
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Kyle Rose
- Re: [IAB] RFC Series Editor Resignation Ted Hardie
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Michael StJohns
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Eliot Lear
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Richard Barnes
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Ted Hardie
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation John Levine
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation John C Klensin
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- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Richard Barnes
- Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation Allison Mankin
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