Re: [rtcweb] Alternative decision process in RTCWeb

[Eliot Lear <[e-mail]>]

While I appreciate the difficult position the chairs are in, I don't
agree with the approach and I believe it is inappropriate for the
working group to make such a decision.  Working groups don't vote.  Want
to change that process?  Better gain IETF consensus first.  And I will
argue against any such attempt.  There are plenty of other standards
bodies that do vote.  Go to one of them if that's what you want.

Eliot

On 11/28/13 2:35 PM, Hervé wrote:
> Dave Cridland wrote:
>
>> 2) If the Working Group does want to mandate a single codec, is there
> consensus for one of the alternate decision-making processes described
> in RFC 3929? This is our best guess at what to do here; despite it being
>  a (presumably expired) Experimental track RFC.
>
>
> RFC 3929 has been mentioned on the rtcweb mailinglist and during the last meeting.
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/maillist.html
> http://ietf88.conf.meetecho.com/index.php/Recorded_Sessions#RTCWEB_II
>
>
>> If nobody else appeals the decision, then I will - assuming I'm allowed to - if it gets this far.
>> it's not clear to me that there is a consensus surrounding the voting
> rules - they've certainly yet to be summarised in one place based on the
>  discussion that has occurred so far.
>
> No decision yet. Per
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg09909.html today
> is the last planned day for comment/discussion on the _proposal_ to vote,
> before the proposal gets updated. A further call for consensus to use
> the proposal would follow after updating.
> Perhaps you'd like to get involved now rather than later.
>
>
> Here's what I sent to someone else regarding the proposed schedule:
> Nov 28          last day of comment/discussion period on proposed _voting process_ http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg09909.html
>  
> after Nov 28    WG chairs will update, if necessary, the process proposal
> after update    normal IETF process to reach consensus about adopting the (updated) process proposal
>  
> +2 weeks        last day of the consensus call about adopting the voting process
>  
>  
> IF consensus was reached to use the voting process in those 2 weeks after the update for that process, ONLY THEN would the (2 week) voting period start (if that wasn't changed in the update/concensus call).
>  
> So the voting process can theoretically _start_ Dec 13 at the earliest, if accepted. Probably later (if ever), given that updating the proposal is unlikely to be instantaneous.
>  
>  
> I hope that made it clearer. The source for this is the bottom section of http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/rtcweb/current/msg09909.html
>  
>  
> - Hervé 		 	   		  
>