Re: New proposal/New SOW comment period

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

On September 13, 2019 4:44:46 PM GMT+02:00, John C Klensin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>At least one short-term consequence is that members of the
>community who should be participating in the discussion wonder
>if it is all a charade, note the volume of traffic and such
>things as the dispute about the list on which the discussions
>are held, and tune out.  And others wonder whether that was by
>design (whether effective or not).


Wow. John have you been reading my mind? (again? Because the psycorp has rules about that).  I certainly have been deleting entire threads at a time, and I guess others have too. I am reading your email by fluke on my phone, while waiting on the tarmac at Schipol for a computer swap on this plane.

>   So I suggest
>that you ask (and, if necessary, plead and beg) Heather to
>extend her commitment to the IETF and the RFC Editor function
>for an extra six months (or whatever other period she and you


Wow very good idea, and good backup plan too.


>other side.   Being told that the procedures prevent us from
>using a creative and credible approach would, in the current
>climate, certainly cause many members of the community that all
>of this is about maintaining or expanding leadership body (or
>personal) control, power, and/or authority.

>[1] Well, I can, but I'm not aware of a reliable process for
>consulting Jon Postel, Joyce Reynolds, or Bob Braden.

Telnet 1.2.3.4


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