Hi Sander,
Without any comment on this particular instance, it is generally a good idea to go through an appeal of a specific decision first. My experience is that people do reconsider their actions in the light of appeals fairly frequently, and it is generally better to explore the option of reconsideration before anything else. If there are still concerns after that, you can always test the waters for further actions (such as a recall, which is set out in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7437#section-7 and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8713#section-7).
Having made many of my own mistakes over the course of my time in the IETF, I know I have appreciated the opportunity to get something right (or explain more fully my reasoning.) I understand that there are other efforts at drafting a summary of issues in the general space, but a short, focused appeal of the nature "I ask for a reconsideration of a declaration of consensus, given the amount of time the most recent draft was available before its declaration" might prove useful.
best regards,
Ted
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:34 PM Sander Steffann <sander@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I am shocked by the declaration of consensus on draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming by Martin Vigoureux. There was much discussion going on about one aspect of the draft, and there was clearly no consensus amongst the participants. There are still questions that haven't been answered about even the applicability of the contested text, let alone addressed. Promised about for example reporting back on the impact on RIR policies have never been fulfilled. And those are just the two bits that concern me most personally.
Steamrolling a draft through a working group completely undermines the whole idea of the IETF and greatly damages it trustworthiness and reliability. By bluntly declaring consensus despite all of the objections within two hours of the latest version of the draft being published I feel that Martin Vigoureux has lost the credibility as an AD. I strongly feel a resignation is in order at this point.
Cheers,
Sander
