>> So it should be possible to reach agreement on text changes that >> would take this tone out of your reading. > > I actually do not think that it should be published at all, as > I don't think it solves any problem that the IETF is currently > experiencing and I tend to think that it might lead to further > ossification of the organization. That is to say, I think > that the cost/benefit balance does not work out in favor of > publication. i agree. i will not add a bunch of sarcastic analogies about more bureaucratic bumph we just don't need. i also agree with your suspicion that this is an attept to patch a chairing problem. one suspects possible iesg unwillingness to bite bullets. rabdy