Frank,
Not publishing it at all is an alternative.
And this is what we should do, if the community feels that
way. However ...
It would send an
unmistakable message to wannabe-authors, that they should use the
"independent" path, unless they're a friend of a friend of an AD.
I personally feel fairly strongly that the individual
submission option is very useful for the IETF community --
along with the usual WG submissions and the independent
submissions via the RFC Editor. The reasons are described
in the draft, but relate to situations where non-WG proposals
are useful to the IETF community and require IETF and IESG
review.
By the way, the draft explicitly states that being friends with
an AD is NOT a reason for a draft to be sponsored. From what
I can see this is also the process that we follow. If not, please
complain!
Jari
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