On Oct 25, 2012, at 11:03 AM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > (ii) The IESG could use its implied authority to interpret RFC > 2026 (an authority it has at least implicitly applied many times > in the past). It could interpret the 2026 variance procedure as > applying to all bodies to which 2026 applies, whether they were > created earlier enough to be enumerated in 2026 or not. (FWIW, > I personally believe that interpretation would be correct > relative to the intentions 16 years ago.) That procedure could > then be used to treat the current situation as a resignation > without creating any unfortunate precedents. for some additional context about the variance procedure - it originally came from RFC 1871 Scott