On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:34:08AM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > The idea that we would not want to return to the current system sounds > like an argument against the status quo, rather than in favor of it. Again, I don't have an opinion on the draft one way or the other, but the above strikes me as relying on an equivocation. That "we" does not obviously pick out the same group across the time we're talking about. If some people who would otherwise be engaged stop participating because of discomfort with a more political campaign-style leadership process, then the people who will make the rules in the later stage are not the same ones as those who will be adopting this change. Moreover, those who dislike those political campaign-style processes are unlikely to participate in one when it is required in order to change the rules, so even if they stick around they're unlikely to have much influence in an effort to undo the change we're contemplating. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxx Shinkuro, Inc. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf