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Re: A charter for the IESG

2003-03-07 10:42:25

On Friday, Mar 7, 2003, at 12:07 America/Montreal, Keith Moore wrote:
I think it is useful to document current practice and the justification for
that practice.

I do not think it's a good idea to call it a charter, at least not at this stage, because the work of documenting current practice needs to be kept
separate from the work of documenting desirable practice.

It is not clear to me that the current www.ietf.org version of this I-D
only "document(s) existing practice and the justification of that practice". Since the document appears to be broader and since it does in fact define the roles/responsibilities of the IESG, calling it an IESG Charter is both appropriate and clear. The existing IAB Charter RFC is a very close analogue
to this new I-D, for example.

Keith Moore disagrees with at least part of my words above; I'll not respond
to any of his followups on this narrow point of document title.

And again, I'm glad to see *something* concrete get written down and put
out for community review. I think it would be in everyone's best interest
for everyone to at least read through the I-D before it goes to RFC.
That way, if any concerns exist with the I-D, those concerns can be resolved.

Ran




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