Re: AD workload [was Re: NomCom 2019 Call for Community Feedback]

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 11/8/19 2:22 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> And again - this is all procedural, no change to IETF rules is needed. I begin to realise that the IESG's workload is in its own hands, and we (all of us who've served in the IESG over the last 20 years) have to share the blame for current practice.

Something I realized long ago is that IETF community expectations are at 
least as influential as the rules, probably moreso.

As long as the community expects that any working group that has support 
will be approved, that working groups can stay alive as long as they 
keep producing documents, and that any document that a working group 
produces should be approved, the workload problems will continue no 
matter how IESG manages its own process.

And every time someone points out that IESG is overloaded, most of the 
proposed "solutions" seem to have the intent, or at least effect, of 
further reducing document quality.

Maybe it's just me, but I keep thinking that the best way for IETF to 
serve the Internet is to produce fewer documents of higher quality and 
greater relevance.

Keith