On 11/6/19 5:54 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Here's a thought experiment. Update the standards process such that the approval of Proposed Standard RFCs, after an IETF last call including some specified cross-area review requirements, is done by the WG consensus process with the consent of the AD .
I don't think a typical WG chair is in a good position to review things from a broad perspective. The ADs are in a MUCH better position to do that, precisely because they are exposed to everything that IETF does. Also, the WG chairs are properly concerned with the specific perspective of their WGs; they know where the hard battles were fought. Their WG needs them to be in a position to defend the WG's work. To expect them to do both that and the broad review would put them in a conflicted position, and it's probably the broad review that would get shortchanged.
Keith
