[Mod-discuss] Re: WGLC comments on draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes-11

[Rob Sayre <[e-mail]>]

On 10/6/25 10:41 AM, Rob Sayre wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/6/25 3:47 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:
>>>
>>> Nits:
>>>
>>> In Section 4, the following text is unclear:
>>>
>>>> To address disruptive behavior in a timely manner, only moderation 
>>>> actions suspending participation privileges for longer than fourteen 
>>>> (14) days shall be reported to the forum to which such an action 
>>>> applies.
>>> The "only" here creates some ambiguity for me.  I could interpret 
>>> this as saying either :
>>>
>>> * Actions that span more than 14 days must be reported.
>>> * Actions that are 14 days or less must not be reported.
>>> * Both.
>>>
>>> I think that the intent is for both to apply, but this is not clear 
>>> from the phrasing.
>>
>> I agree that this is ambiguous. We had something of a discussion about 
>> this already, but the intent of the group was really the former and 
>> not the latter.  That leaves the administrator some latitude.  We can 
>> clarify this.
>>
> I think we already fixed this one a few weeks ago:
> 
> https://github.com/larseggert/draft-ietf-modpod-group-processes/ 
> pull/236#issuecomment-3313862568
> 
And, fwiw, I only meant

"Actions that span more than 14 days must be reported."

But, administrators /can/ report earlier if something really 
out-of-order is going on. That's left unsaid, but seems obvious to me. 
Just like a chair can cut someone off at the mic. That's public as well.

thanks,
Rob