Re: NomCom eligibility & IETF 107

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 3/31/20 1:12 AM, Pete Resnick wrote:

> On 30 Mar 2020, at 23:25, Barry Leiba wrote:
>
>> 2. We are concerned that rushing such a process by, for example, 
>> posting a draft now and immediately last-calling it without a normal 
>> period of discussion would call into question the legitimacy of our 
>> consensus process and would set a bad precedent.
>
> Barry, I think the IESG has made an error, specifically on this point. 
> Last-calling a document for 4 weeks is precisely designed for the 
> situation where most (if not all) of the community has not had a 
> chance to comment on it. And in the only specifically documented 
> variance procedure in the IETF (2026 section 9), this kind of thing is 
> exactly what it anticipates: The IESG writes up what it thinks it's 
> heard about what the variance should be, it immediately puts it out 
> for Last Call, it takes those 4 weeks to assess the consensus of the 
> IETF and adjusts the document to suit, and then it publishes. 
> Following that same model has a much better chance of standing up to 
> questions of legitimacy than the IESG proposal: collecting opinions 
> with no text to look at, and then in 4 weeks writing some text that 
> the IESG thinks represents the consensus and calling it approved. That 
> is inviting a great deal of contention.
>
> You (or I or any number of other people in this discussion) can write 
> up and post a draft in less than 24 hours. The IESG can immediately 
> Last Call it. Folks can then discuss the document and the IESG to make 
> adjustments to it over the next 4 weeks. It can be acted upon once 
> approved. To do otherwise goes against the openness of our processes.
>
> Please, IESG, reconsider your decision on this, and quickly. You can 
> do the right thing in a reasonable amount of time without trying to do 
> something that is inviting a protracted process fight. 

+1.   I was about to raise the same objection, but Pete's response is 
more succinct and precise.

Keith