in general that seems OK though I'd like to see "including the possibility
of the author pursuing the work within the IETF" added

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Subject: Re: Last Call: 'The IESG and RFC Editor documents:
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Scott, Harald,

It seems to me that this problem/ disagreement could be easily 
solved while preserving the (IMO, valid) points both of you are 
making, by including a sentence somewhere to the effect of...

        Of course, the IESG or individual ADs may have
        discussions with the author during this period about
        other possible ways to handle the document.  Should that
        discussion result in a voluntary action by the author to
        drop the request to the RFC Editor to publist, the
        document moves immediately outside the scope of this
        specification.

Now, that may not be the right phrasing in context, and can 
certainly be improved.   But I think it covers the full range of 
from "we really think this should be standardized, why not let 
us process it that way" to "if you insist on publishing that 
thing, I'm going to break both of your legs".   The question of 
whether those actions are appropriate is a separate issue, but 
the IESG has never been able to insist on either standardization 
or withdrawal.  And, as far as I know, both actions are 
identical as far as the RFC Editor is concerned: the document is 
spontaneously withdrawn as an individual submission.

       john


--On Tuesday, May 11, 2004 9:57 AM -0400 Scott Bradner 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Anything else should (IMHO) be advice to the RFC Editor and
>> the author, and  not be part of the formal position-taking
>> the IESG makes.
>
> we may be debating termonology
>
> your ID says "The IESG may return five different responses"
>
> that seems to eliminate the possibility of communicating any
> such advice
>
>> Because in the past, we've seriously bogged down independent
>> publications  because we were debating (with or without the
>> author) whether or not they  should be IETF work.
>> And we need to stop doing that.
>
> beware of tossing too much away just to "stop doing that"
>
> I still fail to see why this document cannot say that one of
> the outcomes could be that the author could agree with the
> IESG to bring the work into the IETF -  it seems a bit
> dogmatic to refuse to say that (and counter to the intent of
> 2026)
>
> Scott
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