Ted:
To begin with, I want to say that I agree with your perception of the
appeal process. It is an important conflict resolution tool.
The first thing that was done in the drafting of the appeal response
was to list each of the claims in the appeal. That is why the
introduction lists them:
1. The removal of the WG Chairs violates IETF process;
2. The actions taken interfered with the consensus process; and
3. There is a conflict of interest.
The appeal response addresses each of these points with much more
attention to number 2.
I must repeat, however, that this response appeared to me to focus
instead on the
baseline prerogative of the AD over that issue.
I agree, the response to the first point, which was focused on the
sentence that I quoted from the appeal in my previous message, was a
reading on whether the act of replacing the GEOPRIV WG co-chairs
violated IETF process or not.
However, the response to the second point, I believe, addresses the
rest of the paragraph that you quoted.
>You are correct that any action taken by an AD can be appealed.
I appreciate your restatement of the important point that any action
taken by an AD can be appealed,
as well as Sam's personal statement to the same effect. If you are
not willing to consider re-stating
this appeal, a short statement by the IESG to that effect would be
welcome. As it stands, statements
by individual IESG members have no binding effect on later IESGs and
the community is not necessarily
notified when the interpretations change.
I'd like to know if this is a topic of concern to people.
As a concrete suggestion:
"The IESG re-affirms that its reading of RFC 2026 is that any action
made by an Area
Director or the IESG may by made the subject of the conflict
resolution mechanisms
set out in Section 6.5 of RFC 2026. The IESG further wishes to
highlight that the primary
aim of the appeals mechanism set out there is to resolve conflicts
and move the IETF
as a whole towards consensus, and it urges all participants to
approach them in that light."
I will put your proposed text on the IESG telechat agenda for
consideration as an IESG statement.
Russ
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