Re: [irsg] Follow up on disruptive person during IETF 119

[Yoav Nir <[e-mail]>]

> On 22 Mar 2024, at 7:39, Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hiya,
> 
> On 22/03/2024 01:03, Jay Daley wrote:
>> IESG / WG Chairs
>> The background here is that we had one individual disrupt a number of
>> sessions, including the plenary, and we were required to first
>> temporarily ban them and then permanently ban them.
> 
> I support the various ideas as to session chairs being able to
> handle situations like this better and am fine if those evolve a bit
> over time.
> 
> But, I have a question: what does "permanently" mean in the above, for
> this person? My impression was of an individual who was confused about
> how to interact with the IETF and perhaps additionally confused as well.
> I'm not sure that their behaviour from this week warrants a lifetime
> ban from the IETF, in fact, I'm pretty sure it ought not.

I think for a session chair (WG or BOF), “permanent” should mean for the remainder of that particular session. If it happens once, then that’s all there is to it, unless the chair wants to take it further through ombudsteam, the IESG, or whatever.

Assuming this is done with a button, it should be straightforward to get a list of those banned over the week.  If someone appears multiple times, there may be further steps taken by the ombudsteam even without any of the particular chairs requesting it.

Just my 2 cents

Yoav