> I failed to find text that would define what could be appropriate matter > for a consensus call and what could not. there are no rules on that question - in my opinion, anything in front of a WG is fair game for a consensus call > For example, it is common practice to call for consensus on IDs or on > what to do with an ID. In a meeting, it is common practice to call for > consensus on a slide being presented on the screen or on an agenda item. I've seen all of the above and think that is OK the point I tried to make in my posting was that I think there needs to be consensus to change something that has already been adopted (more so if it was adopted a while back), and that its not proper for a lack of consensus to keep as a consensus or mandate to remove - i.e. there should be a barrier to capricious changes of published IETF specifications Scott