I'd like to understand the process through which Dr. Roberts' request was reviewed. The first reference I can find to Dr. Roberts' request is in the 2005-04-14 minutes of the IESG (https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/view_telechat_minute.cgi? command=view_minute&id=318 see below). According to the rejection announcement, the IESG reviewed the submission and determined that "Reviewing this proposal within the IETF as an alternative to the ongoing work would be a multi-year endeavor. The IESG is pessimistic that this effort would ever achieve consensus." The minutes refer to discussion of a "management issue". Was the entire review conducted in the meeting on 2005-04-14, or was there additional review conducted prior to that meeting? How, exactly, did the IESG review the submission and how did the IESG come to its conclusion? - Ralph ===== Minutes of the IESG Teleconferences INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) Minutes of the April 14, 2005 IESG Teleconference Reported by: Amy Vezza, IETF Secretariat ATTENDEES --------------------------------- Brian Carpenter / IBM Michelle Cotton / ICANN (IANA) Leslie Daigle / VeriSign (IAB) Bill Fenner / AT&T Barbara Fuller / IETF Secretariat Ted Hardie / Qualcomm, Inc. Sam Hartman / MIT Scott Hollenbeck / VeriSign Russ Housley / Vigil Security, LLC David Kessens / Nokia Allison Mankin / Shinkuro, Inc. Dave Meyer / Cisco/University of Oregon (IAB Liaison) Jon Peterson / NeuStar, Inc. Joyce K. Reynolds / RFC Editor Barbara Roseman / ICANN (IANA) Mark Townsley / Cisco Amy Vezza / IETF Secretariat Margaret Wasserman / Nokia Bert Wijnen / Lucent Alex Zinin / Alcatel REGRETS --------------------------------- Dinara Suleymanova / IETF Secretariat MINUTES --------------------------------- [...] NEW: o Allison Mankin to craft IESG response to the Roberts (ipv6-parameter) Request for Assignments. [...] 7.2 IESG Handling of General Request for Assignments (Roberts) (ipv6-parameter) (Allison Mankin and Michelle Cotton) The management issue was discussed. The IESG has taken the token to prepare an appropriate response for Dr. Roberts. Action item: Allison Mankin to craft IESG response to the Roberts (ipv6-parameter) Request for Assignments. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf