Re: registries and designated experts

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 13 June 2012 05:53 UTC

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> It seems to me that if an expert reviewer thinks that something will do
> notable harm, they should decline to make a decision and defer it to the
> IETF at large

so they are not an expert, they are a rubber stamp?  bs.