I would suggest that this topic is something the RFC Series Editor (transitional or otherwise) would/should/could consider. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 16 Mar 2010, Dave CROCKER wrote: > > > On 3/16/2010 6:22 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > > Speaking of which: did we ever *measure* the acceptance of > > draft-hoffman-utf8-rfcs? As far as I recall, there was lots of support > > for it. > > > There were a few different proposals. Some had support. Others probably > didn't. > > What was missing was a directed exercise at trying to reach consensus. As is > usual for anything in front of the full IETF, a free-for-all exchange meets > with various objections and there is no follow-through to try to resolve > things. Any momentum that might have built then dissipates. > > For spontaneous efforts, like these, it would be helpful to get a facilitator > appointed to serve something similar to the role of working group chair, to > try to resolve differences and assess consensus. > > d/ > -- > > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf