-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Keith Moore wrote: >>Nothing like "responsibility to look after the overall technical health of the >>Internet" was assigned to the IESG. > > You seem to be forgetting something, Dave. > > Every IETF participant is supposed to use his best engineering judgement > as to what is best for the Internet as a whole, when making technical > decisions. > > You seem to think that every IETF participant _except_ those on IESG > should do so. You seem to think that everyone else should be able to > exercise their judgement but that the IESG should just serve as > process facilitators and rubber stamp technical decisions that others > make. IMNSHO, that's ridiculous. We put good technical people on > IESG so that they can make good technical decisions. Keith, The IESG can still exercise their best engineering judgment as individuals, as the rest of us do. The IESG role itself need not incorporate a privileged position from which to wield that judgement. There's plenty left to do. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCyyq+E5f5cImnZrsRAnfVAJ9oE9DoIi5OmH1uhv3UPSaycTOfIgCfQZwA 9sNYJvt9JjM1vzfdzZwZs+w= =fTVP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf