Reviewer: Abdussalam Baryun
Dated : 06.11.2013
Is draft title guide of interaction or is it principles of conduct or is it for only personal interactions?
What is the guide if the principles are violated, I think it needs to mention that on draft, as to refer to an RFC.
If this draft is a guide it should say guidelines in section 2, but if the main section is principles then the title should say principles of conduct. Why the author and contributors mixed between IETF guidelines and IETF principles, I think they are different.
I think the principles of conduct are not complete, and the aim to build good discussions or reasonable consensus needs more additional principles, four is not enough.
The conduct is not only about emails' discussion (seems by the draft mentioning a), I recommend introducing f2f discussions and remote discussions and how they interact which should add to the principles.
The draft does not mention some interactions in the IETF. IMHO it is not only among individuals but also adding bodies and managers.
I want to see the words fair and equal in the draft. Please add: All IETF participants should/must treated equally and fairly.
There are three important items in principles of conduct: 1) intentions, 2) ideas and decisions, 3) actions/inputs and their ways/words used. The draft mixes them without showing their values/principle guiding the IETF participant's behavior .
It is good that draft principle 1 is for intentions and actions. The principle 4 is more about work/doc actions and work. Principle 2 and 3 mostly for ideas and treating all with fairness. However, I recommend the principles should focus more and target the three important items of conduct with more clarity, which may enable adding more clear principles to be easy to follow by participants.
Once a IETF WG chair or AD replies saying I am not to educate other, he is mixing between discussing with knowledge and who is authorise to judge, but forgot we should be doing interaction/conduct as a team work discussions not team discriminations.
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AB