Dear Harald, No, the person you're describing does not exist (for the entire ietf general mailing list), it's a challenge for people to summarize working group mailing list threads!
BUT ... A more scalable request might be "does the person exist who would recognize a thread that is active and repetitive, who could post a REQUEST for someone to summarize, and does the person exist who is willing to summarize a specific thread that is (1) of interest to the summarizer, and (2) in danger of ratholing unproductively with no resolution?" I think this is more likely to be realistic (I don't even read the uncensored IETF list, much less have time to write the summary for all active threads, but I bet someone would be willing to summarize site-local to make it go away/back to the IPV6 list!) And, yes, making threads either resolve or go away from the IETF list is definitely a good thing. I used to be surprised at the number of active participants who don't subscribe to the IETF list; honestly, I'm more surprised these days at the number of people who DO subscribe! and anything that makes it easier for us to have multi-WG and even multi-area discussions is A Good Thing. Spencer --- Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carsten, > > you seem to suggest that we should get someone to act as > "secretary" for > debates on the IETF list - now that's a novel and interesting > concept! > > (I've seen "moderator" used in 2 ways - the "summarize and > state consensus" > role Carsten mentions below, and the "sanction inappropriate > behaviour" > role that is commonly used with "mailing list moderator" - > these roles > don't have to be done by the same person....) > > Two questions for the community: > > - Is this a good idea? > - Does the person exist who could do a good job and is willing > to do it? > > Food for thought indeed! > > Harald
