On 8/3/15 7:09 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Is it useful for authors of a draft to send messages saying things > like "I support the adoption of this draft as a WG document." ? > > I'm not asking whether it's right or wrong, just whether such > a message helps the WG Chairs in evaluating consensus. I raised this last year on the wg chairs mailing list. I personally don't find it very helpful, although others have indicated that a *lack* of support from authors would be interesting. I generally don't like things that smack of voting, and that includes "I support" messages that contain no other information. Melinda