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Re: Moderation on ietf@ietf.org

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Tue, 22 July 2014 17:24 UTC

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On 7/22/2014 1:16 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:
> I absolutely agree, with the caveat that "remonstrate" is probably a bit
> strong. I'd hope that that the moderator would be there to guide the
> discussion before remonstration is necessary.


Given the description in the last few postings on this and the local,
existing use of the term 'moderator', a common label that could be more
helpful and less confusing would be 'facilitator'.

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Dave Crocker
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