Re: Should the IESG rule or not? and all that...

Keith Moore wrote:
> > > If IESG people were to personally benefit from their exercise of this
> > > "privilege" you'd have a valid gripe.
> > Personal gain is not the only motive; power can be its own motive. The
> > gripes are validated by cases of abuse of privilege. 
> If there's no obvious personal interest, whether a particular case is a
> valid exercise of discretion or an abuse of privilege is rather
> subjective.  For those who think a particular case is in the latter
> category, we have an appeals process.
>
> Keith
2026 separates process management from _independent_ technical review,
IMO for good reason.

History reminds us of the abuses of power that started with "act first,
appeal later".

Joe

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