Hi Tim,
At 10:31 AM 13-06-2022, Tim Bray wrote:
What we have is at best anecdata, but I strongly disagree. I have
personal experience
There were changes within the IETF over the last 10 years to make it
more polite. What was acceptable 10 years ago would be frowned upon today.
I have not seen that many emails from old participants in the areas
which I still follow. New people might find the issues raised by
those old participants difficult to address. The difficulty is
understandable given that an old participant has 25+ years of IETF
experience whereas the new person does not have that amount of
experience. From what I remember, there wasn't any impolite content
in those emails. I gather that the problem you mentioned either
occurred during a meeting. There are Working Group chairs and Area
Directors present during a meeting. The persons in those roles have
the responsibility to ensure that the "Note Well" is adhered to. The
participants who are aggrieved can hold them to account if they are
not fulfilling their responsibilities.
I shepherded a few new people through the publication process over
the years. None of them reported significant problems with old
participants. As an anecdote, the time taken for those people to get
a RFC number was under two years.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
