Re: "straightforward, reasonable, and fair"

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Ralph Droms wrote:
> But, I don't see how it applies here.  I'm not claiming "Nobody was
> smarter than anybody else."  Yakov explained it better than I have: "for
> each AD there is more than one person in the IETF who is more
> technically astute than that AD. So, why should the IETF decision
> process favor opinion of such AD more than the opinion of these other
> individual who are more astute that the AD ?"
What is the context of technical astuteness?  How do you compare 
people with different technical focuses?  You can't.
If an AD raises an issue about a document (from area X) that it 
conflicts or causes serious problems (from the perspective of area Y), 
how do you ensure that the more technically astute people 
(particularly on Y but also a bit on X) participate in the discussion?
The key point here is that the AD from area Y might be much more 
technically astute about that area than anyone in the WG producing a 
document.
Are you proposing that the IETF list is turned into generic discussion 
board for all the documents, generating 20-50+ messages for every 
IETF-LC'd document (every AD's "IESG review" plus clarifications, 
follow-ups, outsiders opinions, etc.)?
What about Informational/Experiemental WG submissions which so far 
have not been IETF LC'd?
--
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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