--On Thursday, December 13, 2012 16:11 -0800 Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> My concern remains that we not create new formal procedures >> to do (or even experiment with) things that can be done under >> existing rules either for the whole IETF or on an area by >> area or even document by document basis > > <aol> > > my apologies. i did not mean that formal implementation > reports should be filed for everything, or even everything > that wants to be on a fast track, if there is a fast track. > > i meant merely to illustrate that we already have flavors for > filing implementation reports. and i was asking if/how > melinda thought the format of reporting might affect the speed > and direction of the track. I actually understood that. Sorry for not being clear. My concern about creating new procedures, of even a formal experiment, is almost orthogonal to your comments and illustration, for which I'm grateful and in complete agreement. john