Re: Thought experiment [Re: Quality of Directorate reviews]

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 11/6/19 5:54 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> Here's a thought experiment.
>
> Update the standards process such that the approval of Proposed Standard
> RFCs, after an IETF last call including some specified cross-area review
> requirements, is done by the WG consensus process with the consent of the AD .

I don't think a typical WG chair is in a good position to review things 
from a broad perspective.   The ADs are in a MUCH better position to do 
that, precisely because they are exposed to everything that IETF does.   
Also, the WG chairs are properly concerned with the specific perspective 
of their WGs; they know where the hard battles were fought.   Their WG 
needs them to be in a position to defend the WG's work.   To expect them 
to do both that and the broad review would put them in a conflicted 
position, and it's probably the broad review that would get shortchanged.

Keith