Dave,
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> A critical danger in central management is an inherent fragility in
> decision-making. Real diversity is lost. This becomes even more
> serious, as the central management becomes more homogeneous and more
> isolated.
On the subject of central management, quoting from the IESG Plenary on
Wednesday:
IESG Plenary/Open Mike
Q: Two questions for both IAB and IESG - individual participation and
consensus - are these still important? alternative is participation by
companies or governments, and voting... - we believe in these values
up to point, at which point the IESG makes a decision - Harald
semi-agrees that sometimes a decision is needed and the IESG makes
one, but does not agree that IESG can impose its will against a
working group - but does IESG try to get community consensus when it
makes a decision?
So it seems that the IETF traditional motto, "rough consensus and
working code" should be revised to make it clear that the "rough
consensus" goes only up to a certain point, but after that point
the IETF operates solely by a decree from the IESG.
Yakov.