Process inquiry

[Erik Huizer <[e-mail]>]

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Subject: Process inquiry
Organisation: SURFnet bv
Address: Cluetinckborch, P.O. Box 19035, 3501 DA Utrecht, NL
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Date: Tue, 02 Mar 93 11:25:33 +0100
From: Erik Huizer <[e-mail]>
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L.s.,

The SNMPv2 process is drawing near to a conclusion with the submission
of 12 documents to the IESG. The IESG is working to process these documents
as soon as possible. 

Recently, from a variety of channels and to more than one member,
complaints have reached the IESG which call into question the process
by which SNMPv2 has advanced. The entire IETF is accountable for the
standards it produces, and the IESG is obliged to investigate these
complaints to determine whether the process has remained fair and open
throughout. The IESG realizes the importance of a broad acceptance of
SNMPv2 and finds it necessary to establish that the complaints are
unfounded. The IESG has charged me, a non-partisan in the NM area, to
approach the community most directly involved with SNMPv2 for input.

Therefore I send you this message, and ask each and everyone of you
who has comments on the process that led to the creation of SNMPv2 to
send me a PERSONAL note. It should present your candid and
confidential assessment of the chronology of events leading to the
request to advance SNMPv2 to proposed standard, from the original call
for contributions through the most recent postings to the mailing
list.  Since it is equally important to the IESG to hear from those
who view the process as having succeeded as not, I urge you to
respond.  Please rest assured that your correspondence will remain
entirely confidential; I will report back to the IESG in a summary
fashion.

The IESG does not wish this "process checkpoint" to further delay the
advancement of these standards. You thus have until monday 8 march 9
am EST to react. This will give me enough time to summarise before the
IESG meeting later that day.

So if you want to send me a personal note on this subject, do it now, and
make sure that it has the same subject line as above, preceded by "re:". 

I apologise to everyone who feels offended by this note, or by the
query.  The IESG recognizes that requests of this nature are highly
unusual, and deeply regrets having to proceed in this fashion. Indeed,
if you find this action to be contrary to the best interests of the
community, the IESG is interested in this feedback as well. We are
trying to do what is best from the community, and taking the question
to the community seems to be our best alternative in this matter.

Thanks for reading this,

Erik Huizer
(Don't shoot me I'm only the messenger :-)

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