Re: a personal opinion on what to do about the sub-ip area

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:34:10 EST, Eric Rosen said:

> Naturally  every special interest  group claims  to be  the defender  of the
> values  of  the  larger community.   Since  there  is  no way  to  determine
> objectively  what is  or  is not  in  the "larger  community's" interest,  a
> properly functioning IESG  would not try to impose  a particular vision, but
> would  just work  to  ensure  that the  output  of the  WGs  is of  suitable
> technical quality. (Of course, every  attempt to impose by fiat a particular
> vision  of  the  future is  portrayed  as  an  attempt to  ensure  technical
> quality.)
And attempts at ensuring technical quality by quashing competent implementations
of stupid ideas is seen as "imposing by fiat"? ;)

Remember that just because something seems to be a good idea in the WG does not
mean that it's a good idea overall.  Forest for the trees.....

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