Frank Ellermann wrote:
Perhaps he could be also convinced to trash his draft. I've
trashed an "3710-obsolete" draft (before publication - luck).
9/10 of all drafts are trashed by the quite effective mechanism of
waiting 6 months... no need for dramatic action.....
that said, I'd be happy if the requirements were:
- supporters are distinct human beings
- supporters are willing to offer proof of identity to a secretariat
function of the IETF
I might even toss in "has contributed to at least one IETF mailing list
he's subscribed to".
The important point (to me) would be to shift appealants from a mode of
"I am the lone voice of reason - if I am allowed to carry my arguments
forward in front of a higher body, Truth and Justice will prevail" to a
mode where appealants think "I need to check with a few other people
that I'm right before progressing - perhaps my arguments are not
compelling, or perhaps I even might be wrong".
It may cause reasonable people who are upset to think twice, and should
rarely block an appeal where there's a real dissent in the community.
(I leave it up to people's memories to recover which specific cases the
conditions above are intended to address...)
Harald
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