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Re: [tao-discuss] Review Request for Possible Revision of the Tao of the IETF

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 14 April 2022 14:53 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: Jay Daley <exec-director@ietf.org>, "tao-discuss@ietf.org" <tao-discuss@ietf.org>, IESG <iesg@ietf.org>
CC: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Niels ten Oever <mail@nielstenoever.net>, Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org>, Greg Wood <ghwood@staff.ietf.org>
Thread-Topic: [tao-discuss] Review Request for Possible Revision of the Tao of the IETF
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:53:18 +0000
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Subject: Re: [tao-discuss] Review Request for Possible Revision of the Tao of the IETF
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Very nice analysis!

>    While I admire the effort that has gone into the Tao, I think we need to move on from this style of documentation.  Replacing it with several smaller documents/sites/pages would be much more useful: "Guide to the role and structure of the IETF", "Guide to participating in IETF working groups", "Guide to making the most of IETF meetings", and so on.

Works for me.  I am happy to completely stop working on it.  Although what's on the website is seriously cringe-worthy. How that should be addressed I leave to you. I note that the RFC requiring IESG review is informational, not even BCP. Hint, hint.

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