So they re-assert their concerns again during the IETF charter last call, and now the chairs quickly concede the change, even before getting support from the rest of the group.
Although I also agree with Jim (and others) that the XMPP text is just about the same as our existing text, watching these events unfold has drawn into question my understanding of the rules so I need some clarification (sorry, I'm a newb). I don't understand how consensus is determined prior to the acceptance of a change to which (I had thought) substantial consensus had already been established. It's clear to me that the Vancouver BOF established overwhelming support for *something*. I had thought that *something* was a WG governed by the charter text which was offered at the BOF. Am I wrong here? If so, then what (if anything) was established by the humm I heard in Vancouver? If I'm right, how can a new concensus significant enough to overturn that demonstrated in Vancouver possibily be established on the postings of two or three individuals? Wouldn't you need everybody who hummed in Vancouver to post "I changed my mind" to this list first? So, I just want to understand the process. -- Arvel Hathcock CEO, Alt-N Technologies, Ltd. http://www.altn.com _______________________________________________ ietf-dkim mailing list http://dkim.org
