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Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation

Terry Manderson <terry@terrym.net> Wed, 19 June 2019 04:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC Series Editor Resignation
From: Terry Manderson <terry@terrym.net>
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 14:10:50 +1000
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On the back of what Aaron asks, was this plan shared with the RSE Contractor?

If you did share it, what signal do you think that sends to the holder of a current contract?

"just refine the process"?? Really?

Cheers
Terry

> On 19 Jun 2019, at 12:52 pm, Aaron Falk <aaron.falk@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I’m not sure whether my question below should be addressed to the RSOC, IAB, IETF Exec Dir, or IETF LLC, so maybe one of them will enlighten me.
> 
> Regarding
> 
> Although the RSOC had recommended renewing the RFC Series Editor (RSE) contract for another two years, and then put the contract back out to bid in 2021 expressly for the purposes of refining our RFP process
> 
> I’m wondering what exactly it means to put a contract out to bid “to refine the RFP process”. For example, is someone bidding on the RSE contract supposed to assume they are just providing information and not actually going to be a candidate for the award? (Is that even legal?) Or, should we presume that this is an actual competition for the RSE work? I can’t understand how you can solicit bids for the RSE but say is is just to refine the process. Can someone explain this curious wording?
> 
> If the goal is to replace the current RSE, perhaps someone can explain why.
> 
> --aaron
>

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