In article <9412082108(_dot_)AA17986(_at_)relay(_dot_)tis(_dot_)com>
williams(_at_)atlas(_dot_)arc(_dot_)nasa(_dot_)gov (Peter Williams) writes:
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.
This is so far from the truth as to bear no resemblance. The topic of
the draft was openly discussed for as long as anyone in the room had
anything at all to say about it. Commentary petered out after about
twenty minutes as there was nothing more to say -- NO ONE in the room
had any objections to the document, or at least none that were
vocalized. You could not ask Jeff Schiller to be a psychic -- he
wasn't there to intuit comments that no one made.
Jeff then asked if there was a sense that moving the document forward
was fine. No "vote" was taken -- the IETF does not believe in
voting. However, after a more than adequate explanation of what was
being proposed no one objected to moving the document forward. The
room had plenty of people in it. If you had wished to express problems
with the draft, you had plenty of time to do so before the meeting by
email or at the meeting. If you have trouble with the document now,
there is still plenty of time for you to express it.
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Perry Metzger perry(_at_)imsi(_dot_)com
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