I think that this is a great idea, Brian. Further insight into the decision making process of the IESG, I believe, will benefit everyone involved. On 7/14/05, Brian E Carpenter <brc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The IESG is interested in carrrying out an experiment to publish > narrative minutes for IESG meetings as well as the regular minutes > of decisions taken. > > Currently the IESG minutes are a formal record of decisions taken > and (like the agenda) are generated semi-automatically by the > secretariat. This is a well-oiled process that we don't want to > disturb. However, the community clearly would like more information > about the way the IESG reaches its decisions, beyond the record > of comments on each document that is stored in the I-D tracker. > > We propose that, for an initial period of 6 months, a member of > the community will be added to regular IESG meetings as a "recording > secretary" who will write narrative minutes of the discussions, > which will be posted publicly after IESG review for accuracy. > (As always, personnel discussions will need to remain private > or be minuted with great care.) > > The IESG welcomes comments on this proposal, to iesg@xxxxxxxx > or ietf@xxxxxxxx as appropriate. If the community seems to be > in favour of this experiment, we will soon call for volunteers > and pick one person to act for the initial six months. After > six months, we will ask the community whether the results > justify continuing the effort. The main question will be whether > the community is getting useful extra information. > > (Thanks to Spencer Dawkins for triggering this idea.) > > Brian for the IESG > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf