Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-18 Thread SM
At 13:47 17-02-2012, John C Klensin wrote: I did intend to start a small discussion about people trying to round others up to make endorsements but the intent had more to do with raising consciousness than about making new rules. Over Some people might say that it was courageous of you to do

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 2/16/2012 8:49 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Anyway, I take the situation that John's describing as annoying but not an actual problem - we don't decide by voting. Right. And perhaps the focus for this issue should be on the ability of the (relatively few) folk making decisions to

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread George Willingmyre
: SM s...@resistor.net To: John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com Cc: ietf@ietf.org Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:46 AM Subject: Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules Hi John, At 06:04 16-02-2012, John C Klensin wrote: A current Last Call has apparently brought on another of the please tell

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 2/17/12 7:44 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote: And perhaps the focus for this issue should be on the ability of the (relatively few) folk making decisions to distinguish between substantive vs. political input, rather than on trying to prevent the political input. Getting the folk who evaluate

RE: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Leif Sawyer
Randy Bush speaketh: in reply to: Nick Hilliard It's a quintessential bike-shed problem. The only reason that people are moaning about it so much is that they understand the concept of address allocation. exactly. they understand the concept. and, like many things where the surface

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Pete Resnick presn...@qualcomm.com We do need to make sure that the folks evaluating consensus know that voting doesn't count and that their decisions are made by consensus on the technical issues, not the number of people speaking. Yes, but how do you tell where the

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 2/17/2012 9:59 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: (provided, of course, that they are from long-time IETF partipants). Noel, Given that Nomcom membership can be granted to folk who have attended only a few recent meetings and without any requirement that they know or have done anything in the

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Randy Bush
Who gets to decide who the experts are? i listen the folk actually implementing and actually using. i also listen to researchers with expertise in the field. the ietf politicians are already in my ~/.procmailrc. you are welcome to listen to whom you wish. Are you telling me, that because I

RE: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Leif Sawyer
Randy Bush respondeth... Who gets to decide who the experts are? i listen the folk actually implementing and actually using. i also listen to researchers with expertise in the field. the ietf politicians are already in my ~/.procmailrc. you are welcome to listen to whom you wish.

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 2/17/12 11:59 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: Pete Resnickpresn...@qualcomm.com We do need to make sure that the folks evaluating consensus know that voting doesn't count and that their decisions are made by consensus on the technical issues, not the number of

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:14:18PM -0600, Pete Resnick wrote: The 'me too' posts do serve a purpose in Not to me. I don't see what they add. It seems to me that the PROTO write up has a question that suggests they add something. It asks whether the WG is solidly behind something, or whether

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Melinda Shore
On 2/17/12 10:52 AM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: It seems to me that the PROTO write up has a question that suggests they add something. It asks whether the WG is solidly behind something, or whether there are actually just two or three people interested and everybody else not paying attention.

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 2/17/12 1:52 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 01:14:18PM -0600, Pete Resnick wrote: The 'me too' posts do serve a purpose in Not to me. I don't see what they add. It seems to me that the PROTO write up has a question that suggests they add something. It

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread SM
Hi Melinda, At 12:10 17-02-2012, Melinda Shore wrote: What is a working group? It is a group, comprised of technically competent participants, governed by a charter which: 1. lists relevant administrative information for the group 2. specifies the direction or objectives of the working

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Chris Grundemann
*and I happen to know the person who is doing the agreeing* I keep hearing statements along these lines and it's a bit unnerving. Either participation in the IETF is open, or it isn't. When a person's opinion/view/thoughts/words/etc. are judged exclusively by do I know this person then you have

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/17/12 2:18 PM, Chris Grundemann wrote: *and I happen to know the person who is doing the agreeing* I keep hearing statements along these lines and it's a bit unnerving. Either participation in the IETF is open, or it isn't. When a person's

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Chris Grundemann
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 14:23, Peter Saint-Andre stpe...@stpeter.im wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/17/12 2:18 PM, Chris Grundemann wrote: *and I happen to know the person who is doing the agreeing* I keep hearing statements along these lines and it's a bit

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/17/12 2:18 PM, Chris Grundemann wrote: *and I happen to know the person who is doing the agreeing* I keep hearing statements along these lines and it's a bit unnerving. Either

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, February 17, 2012 13:34 -0800 Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org wrote: All of this, of course, argues against the proposal that started this thread. And I want to repeat, once more, that there was no proposal. There was an observation about what I consider a problem. That

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Pete Resnick
On 2/17/12 3:34 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: On 2/17/12 2:18 PM, Chris Grundemann wrote: *and I happen to know the person who is doing the agreeing* I keep hearing statements along these lines and it's a bit unnerving.

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-17 Thread Henning Schulzrinne
You are assuming that the truth value of statements can be decided by an impartial, technically-competent observer. In some of the recent discussions, many of the claims were X is (not) going to do Y in the future or Using X may cause Y do to something. Unless the observer has a crystal ball,

IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread John C Klensin
A current Last Call has apparently brought on another of the please tell all your friends to send in supportive notes, even if they don't say much of anything substantive campaigns that we see from time to time. When those notes come from people who do not routinely participate on IETF lists,

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 09:04:03AM -0500 Quoting John C Klensin (john-i...@jck.com): ... first appearance of many no-information I support this endorsements from people and constituencies who are not regular participants on the IETF list

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Yoav Nir
On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Måns Nilsson wrote: Subject: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 09:04:03AM -0500 Quoting John C Klensin (john-i...@jck.com): ... first appearance of many no-information I support this endorsements from people and constituencies

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Dave CROCKER
On 2/16/2012 6:09 AM, Måns Nilsson wrote: Yes, I see the difficulties in figuring out the details of such a rule and implementing it and am mostly joking. Mostly. I support this. You support the joking? Or is it that you support vague rules that are unenforceable and will generate

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Yoav Nir
On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:04 PM, John C Klensin wrote: A current Last Call has apparently brought on another of the please tell all your friends to send in supportive notes, even if they don't say much of anything substantive campaigns that we see from time to time. When those notes come from

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Roger Jørgensen
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: snip I think that an endorsement like I work for Cisco and we intend to implement this in every one of our products is useful. But it's not nearly as useful as this is a terrible idea, and doing this will prevent IPv6 from

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Yoav Nir
On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Roger Jørgensen wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: snip I think that an endorsement like I work for Cisco and we intend to implement this in every one of our products is useful. But it's not nearly as useful as this is

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com When those notes come from people who do not routinely participate on IETF lists Well, that's the $64 million question, right? I mean, I don't personally subscribe to every IETF-related list, so I have no idea if the people who are posting

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Alia Atlas
For what it is worth, those who I've seen commenting in the +1 fashion recently are primarily people I've known to be active in the IETF for years - including some WG chairs. I don't think this is an effort to round up external voters - but rather encouragement to others inside IETF to publicly

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread SM
Hi John, At 06:04 16-02-2012, John C Klensin wrote: A current Last Call has apparently brought on another of the please tell all your friends to send in supportive notes, even if they don't say much of anything substantive campaigns that we see from time to time. When those notes come from

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Melinda Shore
On 2/16/12 6:59 AM, Alia Atlas wrote: For what it is worth, those who I've seen commenting in the +1 fashion recently are primarily people I've known to be active in the IETF for years - including some WG chairs. I tend to be involved with different working groups from the ones John is, and

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, February 16, 2012 07:49 -0900 Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/16/12 6:59 AM, Alia Atlas wrote: For what it is worth, those who I've seen commenting in the +1 fashion recently are primarily people I've known to be active in the IETF for years - including some

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com people who haven't participated and haven't studied the drafts This isn't exactly about a complicated protocol: it's about whether to assign an address block or not. Noel ___ Ietf mailing list

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Mark Andrews
In message 9bbaf712-d199-4950-a516-33c830756...@checkpoint.com, Yoav Nir writes: On Feb 16, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Roger J=F8rgensen wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: snip I think that an endorsement like I work for Cisco and we intend to impl=

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 16/02/2012 19:42, Noel Chiappa wrote: This isn't exactly about a complicated protocol: it's about whether to assign an address block or not. It's a quintessential bike-shed problem. The only reason that people are moaning about it so much is that they understand the concept of address

Re: IETF Last Calls and Godwin-like rules

2012-02-16 Thread Randy Bush
It's a quintessential bike-shed problem. The only reason that people are moaning about it so much is that they understand the concept of address allocation. exactly. they understand the concept. and, like many things where the surface seems easy, everyone thinks they're an expert. randy