The one line of feedback I got from those who attended the 3.5 minute long
meeting
was that in that space of time, the issue of MIME-PEM was proposed,
argued, voted, and ratified, before anyone knew what the hell was
happening. The meeting then adjourned before the chairs stopped
rattling.
If this is true, its shameful for a standard's and engineering task
force and the consensual process promoted by the IETF.
Are there any other versions of the story?
My current understanding of the issue as a mailing list member is that
the measurement of consensus required to move the particular suite of
technical work from the WG into the standards process has been just
stage-managed. This brings the IETF consensus process into significant
disrepute and shows complete and actual disregard for the mailing list
members and their contributions.
Now, is there another story to even out the argument?
"Voting is a bad idea in the IETF. Bad voting practices are even worse."