On 1/26/2018 6:43 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
IETF does try to be open to new ideas. But people bring new ideas to
IETF all the time, and statistically speaking, most of those new ideas
are bad ideas because they are coming from people without enough
exposure to enough experience that would let them realize that they
are bad ideas. So experienced IETF participants tend to reject bad
or dubious ideas in ways that may seem impolite or rude. This is
(mostly) not because they are rude people overall, it is simply
because there are so many bad ideas presented here, as a consequence
of IETF's openness.
Hi Keith,
As another perspective from a lurker trying to help, there is also the
daunting task of having to come up to speed on certain things that are
collective knowledge of decades. I've got one idea I've been honing
that was actually mentioned obliquely literally 20+ years ago.
I appreciated the guidance I was given of "have you seen this RFC"
rather than something more harsh. It helped me find a direction where
my idea might be added and a working group where it can be best debated.
Regards,
KAM