On Apr 16, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Dale R. Worley <worley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've advocated the equivalent of the following opinion before > (http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg77479.html), but > in the current context it bears repeating: Here in the IETF we accept > that low-status people may argue regarding technical matters, but > reserve for high-status people having opinions about our procedures. I thought your original message (the one you cite above) was very good, but I'm not sure I like the terms "low-status" and "high-status," simply because tey could be easily taken to mean something other than what I think you intend them to mean.