On 2013-12-10 01:41, Brent Kelly wrote: > I agree with Matt. I thought the process was > > 1. See if there is group consensus on whether or not to take a vote. > > 2. If the group consensus is to take a vote, then get group > consensus on **who** should be eligible to vote > > 3. Do the actual voting on the alternatives > > > > The non-binding straw poll was not part of this process. > > What you list above is the core of the chairs previous process proposal. I like to stress "PROPOSAL". It got a lot of critique both in the WG and by the larger IETF community. Thus we have abandoned it. We have selected another path, which starts with this straw poll to better judge the WG participants positions and objections against the various alternatives. cheers Magnus Westerlund ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia Technologies, Ericsson Research EAB/TVM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ericsson AB | Phone +46 10 7148287 Färögatan 6 | Mobile +46 73 0949079 SE-164 80 Stockholm, Sweden| mailto: magnus.westerlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------