Ralph, Ralph Droms wrote:
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
This took many weeks, considerable email, and several informal discussions before the IESG was sure of its position and able to record a conclusion in the meeting you cite. Since there was no IETF contribution (I-D or email on a public list) this process was indeed invisible. I would have preferred a discussion based around an IETF draft, but we didn't have one. Brian _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf