while I’m at it -
RFC 2418 was developed in a general area working group (poisson)
it would seem to me that a document that proscribes how the fundamental work
unit of the IETF is
to function is of sufficient importance to be developed in the same way - i.e.
if the IETF feels that
an update to the existing document is need it should charter a working group
with such a revision
as its goal
this is purely a process point - it is unrelated to the quality of the ID - it
is my opinion that the creation or revision
of the basic IETF process documents needs to be done with significant
deliberation
Scott