tme said: > 6. Provide the rationale for proposed changes in the future, rather than > a summary listing of the changes this, to me, is exactly the wrong way for the IETF Trust to work. I do not want a "rationale for proposed changes" it seems to me that the Trust should work in one of 3 ways depending on the situation 1st way: The IETF community provides the IETF Trust with a specific request and the Trust provides possible changes or new text to meet the specific request. The IETF request can come form a WG, in which case it should be in the form of a BCP (an IETF consensus document) or, with a public justification, from the IETF Chair (or maybe the IAB Chair). The Trust publishes the proposed changes with a 4-week last call and the changes are adopted if the IETF Chair determines that there is IETF consensus support for the specific changes. 2nd way: The IETF Trust determines that there is a specific legal risk that must be countered. In this case the IETF Trust posts a description of the specific risk and the proposed change to counter the risk. In this case the Trust publishes the proposed changes with a 4-week last call and adopts the changes if the IETF Chair determines that there is not IETF consensus against the specific changes. 3rd way: The IETF Trust determines that there are changes it would like to make that are not in response to a specific legal risk. In this case the Trust publishes a list of the reasons they feel that the changes are needed and the proposed changes. (Note: not a list of changes and the rationale for the changes - I think the IETF needs to agree that the problems are ones that need fixing first) The Trust publishes the proposed changes with a 4-week last call and the changes are adopted if the IETF Chair determines that there is IETF consensus support for each specific change. In no case does the IETF Trust adopt any changes without a public statement concerning IETF consensus by the IETF Chair. i.e., there is no default adoption of changes by the Trust. Scott _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf