Re: "IETF work is done on the mailing lists"

[SM <[e-mail]>]

Hi Barry,
At 10:00 27-11-2012, Barry Leiba wrote:
>We accept that, and we review the document as usual, accepting the
>document shepherd's writeup that says that the document has "broad
>consensus of the working group."

:-)

>So here's my question:
>Does the community want us to push back on those situations?  Does the
>community believe that the real IETF work is done on the mailing
>lists, and not in the face-to-face meetings, to the extent that the
>community would want the IESG to refuse to publish documents whose
>process went as I've described above, on the basis that IETF process
>was not properly followed?

A working group would be using consensus by apathy if there isn't any 
mailing discussion or any trace of discussions in the minutes.  The 
alternatives are to push back or shut down the working group.

Regards,
-sm