Jefsey, > On 19:22 05/05/2005, Joe Touch said: > > > The set of people disagreeing with ADs include both technically astute > > > people and egocentric fools. > > > >Ditto for the ADs themselves. > > Has this a real importance? The control is by IETF as a whole, _if_ rough > consensus is the rule. What is expected from ADs is to make sure that what > is proposed meets a rough consensus. This could possibly include commenting > their concerns before the Last Call if they feel it necessary. This may > include their advise. They should however _never_ consider anything else > than consensus. If they have other concerns they should join the WG. That is *not* how things are done today. As I mentioned before "rough consensus" goes only up to a certain point, but after that point the IETF operates solely by a decree from the IESG. Yakov. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf