On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is the compelling community requirement that demands this significant bit of extra work be imposed as a barrier to change in status? A third alternative would be to do the change, which has been declared to have consensus, and then also do an informational document that explains the change. Aside from time spent, I don't see a downside to this approach (no AD hat, since it's not my consensus to call).