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Re: Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 17:08:53

On Oct 25, 2012, at 11:03 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
(ii) The IESG could use its implied authority to interpret RFC
2026 (an authority it has at least implicitly applied many times
in the past).  It could interpret the 2026 variance procedure as
applying to all bodies to which 2026 applies, whether they were
created earlier enough to be enumerated in 2026 or not.  (FWIW,
I personally believe that interpretation would be correct
relative to the intentions 16 years ago.)  That procedure could
then be used to treat the current situation as a resignation
without creating any unfortunate precedents.

for some additional context about the variance procedure - it originally 
came from RFC 1871

Scott