Re: [rfc-i] New proposal/New SOW comment period

Michael StJohns <msj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 2 Sep 2019 23:17:46 -0400



    On 9/2/2019 6:31 PM, Adam Roach wrote:

    
      On 9/2/19 2:24 PM, Michael StJohns
        wrote:

      
        On 8/30/2019 3:39 PM, Sarah Banks
          wrote:

        
          Hi Mike,
            	Some
              thoughts, inline. Speaking for myself. SB//

            
        Not really.  Seriously - you're the author of the SOW with
          the RSOC so this is direct commentary on your work product.
      
      
      I suspect that what she means (since I've made similar
        disclaimers in the past and have seen many others do so as well)
        is that she's speaking without yet consulting with the RSOC or
        IAB on the related topics, so as to avoid confusion between her
        perspective and the consensus position of either of those
        bodies. If you have a proposal for a better way to phrase that
        kind of thing, I would love for you to offer it up.

      
      /a

      
    Fair point, and I can see that's probably what was meant.

    
    The problem is that doing that is somewhat an abdication of the
      responsibility for the SOW.  I would have said something more
      like:  "Here's my opinion - I'll ask the rest of the RSOC to chime
      in as well", rather than the "speaking for myself" construct.    
      Or "I'll make sure the RSOC considers these, but I think I agree
      with XXXX and disagree with YYY and here's why".

    
    Someone has to be willing to take and manage the commentary - if
      not Sarah, then who?    (I don't really care who - I just want to
      know who gets to decide what goes into the next version and how I
      affect that decision).  

    
    "Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan".  I'd really
      like this not to be an orphan.
    Later, Mike
    

    Later, Mike

    
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