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[TLS] Re: Violations of the individual-participants rule

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Wed, 08 April 2026 20:49 UTC

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Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:48:22 -0700
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 1:26 PM Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> The reason is that appeals lend legitimacy to the broken process and bad
>> decision making.
>>
>
> Surely if an appeal is sustained then it fixes it? I've seen this happen
> where iirc the chairs just got confused and the appeal straightened it all
> out.
>

Those work on technical points. But one can usually sort it out in the WG
with moderate interpersonal skills there. They do not work on regulatory or
philosophical issues, as we're encountering here. So, just let them dig
their own hole.

thanks,
Rob

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