On 14/04/2016 08:04, Joel M. Halpern wrote:
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> Which is why most chairs, when trying to get a sense of the room on something, always ask the obverse question, and sometimes even ask "how many people don't care."
I've also heard "who is abstaining?" and even "who is not listening?".
I think what John is getting at (please correct me if I'm wrong) is
individuals who have influenced the draft behind the scenes but stay
silent in public. Whether they are in the room is a little beside the
point.
On 14/04/2016 08:06, Stephan Wenger wrote:
> Hi John and Mike,
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> "Strong sense of the room that active influence counts as participation,
> but listening and watching does not."
Fair enough - but that doesn't mean that the IETF condones non-disclosure.
And (for the topic originally under discussion) it's clear that a WG Chair
who declares consensus for adopting a document, or forwards it to the IESG
for publication, or an AD who reviews a document prior to an IESG ballot, is
participating. If the text doesn't make that clear to all readers, the text
is defective.
Brian