Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Thu, 27 June 2019 09:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation
From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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On Jun 27, 2019, at 08:30, Leif Johansson <leifj@mnt.se> wrote:
> 
> Personally I think accountability has value.

There is a difference between backward accountability (blame assignment) and forward accountability (making sure the mistake is not made again, which implies understanding the mistake and why it was made in the first place).  I agree the latter has value.

Grüße, Carsten