Various recent discussions here have made me think that the IETF is at a point where some fundamentals in the standards process, the publication process, and its basic organization need to be re-evaluated and perhaps changed. The goal of course would be to make the IETF more useful, not change for its own sake. It's above my pay grade to decide whether to start an organized approach to this, but in addition to the two opinion pieces mentioned below, please also consider this: https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~brian/CommentaryIAB.pdf This is about the institution, not the people. Please read the opening disclaimer, and of course comments are welcome, as always. Regards Brian Carpenter On 20-Jun-19 16:24, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > Hi, > > The first document is early input to the 2019-2020 NomCom and to > all those thinking of volunteering for it, or for any of the > open leadership positions: > > Some Thoughts on IETF Community Leadership > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-community-leaders-01 > > The second one is also relevant to NomCom, but also to those who > will be involved in the process of identifying the future RFC Series > Editor, and to those who care about the IETF standards process in general: > > Request for Comments > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-request-for-comments-01 > > Comments are most welcome, but these documents are both personal opinions. > > Regards > Brian Carpenter >
