Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Yoav Nir
On Oct 25, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Martin Rex wrote: Doug Barton wrote: Andrew Sullivan wrote: Let me get this straight: for the sake of procedures that are clearly designed to be hard to use, While I think that 3777 probably errs on the side of too hard to use, recalling someone from one

Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies]

2012-10-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 24/10/2012 21:22, Barry Leiba wrote: The draft that proposes changes to the RFC3777/BCP10 to deal with vacancies is now available. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-genarea-bcp10upd-00 ... I think this is a fine proposal, and I support it and hope the community will show consensus

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 24/10/2012 20:34, Doug Barton wrote: ... ... Nothing in the text suggests an unfettered right of creating new definitions of vacant. You mean, new compared to the first definition in Merriam-Webster.com? 1: not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer a vacant office vacant thrones

Re: IAOC Request for community feedback

2012-10-25 Thread Tina TSOU
Dear Bob, It is reasonable to declare Marshall's IAOC position vacant. As far as I know, his wife had medical issue this year. Thank you, Tina On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:50 AM, The IAOC bob.hin...@gmail.com wrote: The IAOC is requesting feedback from the community concerning a vacancy that the

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: David Morris d...@xpasc.com someone unsatisfied with a business decision by the adjusted IAOC membership could sue based on documented process not being followed to appoint the membership. Nothing can stop someone from filing a suit, no matter what you do (even if you

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Barry Leiba
We're all agreed that the IETF in plenary mode (i.e. all of us) can change any/all policy/procedures, right? ... So if people all hum to OK all that, it has _just as much legitimacy_ as _any other policy/procedure set into place by the IETF in plenary mode_. Alas, that's not how we do

Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies]

2012-10-25 Thread Barry Leiba
Bob, Russ... repeating here what I said in the other thread, I suggest that... - the authors of draft-ietf-genarea-bcp10upd post an -01 version TODAY, incorporating comments received so far, - Russ, as Gen AD, immediately issue a formal (4 week) last call on that version, and - the document be

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org We're all agreed that the IETF in plenary mode (i.e. all of us) can change any/all policy/procedures, right? Alas, that's not how we do things. Wrong. That's exactly how we do things. Any piece of electronic paper you point to to

RE: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Adrian Farrel
Barry, If you believe that a change to process is necessary to make a ruling on absentee-ism, then you will also (on reflection) believe that process changes cannot be made retro-active. So, rushing this through (I do not mean to be pejorative in my use of rushing) will not actually help the

Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thapparently-strongly-held ursday, October 25, 2012 09:23 -0400 Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: Bob, Russ... repeating here what I said in the other thread, I suggest that... - the authors of draft-ietf-genarea-bcp10upd post an -01 version TODAY, incorporating comments

Re: [whatwg] New URL Standard from Anne van Kesteren on 2012-09-24 (public-whatwg-arch...@w3.org from September 2012)

2012-10-25 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:37 AM, David Sheets kosmo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Ian Hickson i...@hixie.ch wrote: No, Anne hasn't finished defining conformance yet. (He just started today.) This is a political dodge to delay the inevitable discussion of address space

RE: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Tony Hain
Has anyone bothered to ask counsel for an opinion about the issues StJohns raised? -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Brian E Carpenter Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:47 AM To: Doug Barton Cc: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re:

Re: Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 Thread John Leslie
John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: --On Thapparently-strongly-held ursday, October 25, 2012 09:23 -0400 Barry Leiba barryle...@computer.org wrote: ... If we do that, unless something odd happens we will have this process update formally approved BY OUR PROCESS in five weeks. Let's

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread SM
Hi Noel, At 05:53 25-10-2012, Noel Chiappa wrote: We're all agreed that the IETF in plenary mode (i.e. all of us) can change any/all policy/procedures, right? It's going to be controversial. So, view the original call from the IAOC as a request to the IETF, in formal plenary mode, to make

Re: Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:24 -0400 John Leslie j...@jlc.net wrote: ... I really, strongly, object to this way of proceeding. Making fundamental procedural changes in haste and in the middle of a perceived crisis is never a good idea for any organization. I don't agree this is

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Oct 25, 2012, at 16:37, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: retro-active I don't get how that is relevant. This is for the case the seat is still vacant when the new process comes into force. I'm still amazed at the number of messages the resolution of this issue has generated. There

Re: [whatwg] New URL Standard from Anne van Kesteren on 2012-09-24 (public-whatwg-arch...@w3.org from September 2012)

2012-10-25 Thread Roberto Peon
There are obviously orthogonal problems here. If we were doing this as code, these would be separate functions and most everyone would agree that it would make both testing and understanding easier. Why is it different with specs? The hardest part of specs is choosing which one is right. The

IESG Statement on Ethertypes

2012-10-25 Thread IESG Secretary
The IEEE Registration Authority (IEEE RA) assigns Ethertypes with oversight from the IEEE Registration Authority Committee (IEEE RAC). (See http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/ethertype/.) Some IETF protocol specification make use of Ethertypes. All Ethertype requests are subject to review

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 12:46 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 24/10/2012 20:34, Doug Barton wrote: ... ... Nothing in the text suggests an unfettered right of creating new definitions of vacant. You mean, new compared to the first definition in Merriam-Webster.com? 1: not occupied by an incumbent,

IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-10-25 Thread IESG Secretary
Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF. RFC 2026, BCP 9, describes the purpose of I-Ds, and it also provides some policies that govern the I-D Repository. RFC 2026 says: During the development of a specification, draft versions of the document are made available for

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 9:57 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: On Oct 25, 2012, at 16:37, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: retro-active I don't get how that is relevant. This is for the case the seat is still vacant when the new process comes into force. When Marshall was appointed the rules we

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us When Marshall was appointed the rules we have now were in place. To change the rules now, and then apply them to this situation is by definition retroactive. By that logic, _any_ change to any rule involving, say, the IESG (repeat for

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Melinda Shore
On 10/25/12 10:57 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: Otherwise you'll be changing the powers/etc that they had when they were seated - i.e. retroactive changes to their powers/etc. I'm not seeing any movement in the discussion - it's probably time to talk with an attorney. Melinda

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Oct 25, 2012, at 20:52, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: On 10/25/2012 9:57 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: On Oct 25, 2012, at 16:37, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: retro-active I don't get how that is relevant. This is for the case the seat is still vacant when the new

RE: WG Action: Conclusion of Address Resolution for Massive numbers of hosts in the Data center (armd)

2012-10-25 Thread Ronald Bonica
Hello Stephane, My apologies. The shutdown message should have included a pointer to the following email, which was posted on the ARMD mailing list by Benson Schliesser on June 22: - http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/armd/current/msg00472.html Ron

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 12:05 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: On Oct 25, 2012, at 20:52, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: On 10/25/2012 9:57 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: On Oct 25, 2012, at 16:37, Adrian Farrel adr...@olddog.co.uk wrote: retro-active I don't get how that is relevant. This is for the

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 11:57 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us When Marshall was appointed the rules we have now were in place. To change the rules now, and then apply them to this situation is by definition retroactive. By that logic, _any_ change to any rule

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Melinda Shore
On 10/25/12 11:13 AM, Doug Barton wrote: First, I disagree with your belief that what you propose would not be retroactive. Second, it's worth pointing out that if the IAOC put an equal amount of effort into the recall procedure, the problem would be just as solved, without danger of

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 12:21 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 10/25/12 11:13 AM, Doug Barton wrote: First, I disagree with your belief that what you propose would not be retroactive. Second, it's worth pointing out that if the IAOC put an equal amount of effort into the recall procedure, the problem would

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Carsten Bormann
On Oct 25, 2012, at 21:20, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: _punitive_ Again, you are confused. This action is not about punishing an individual, and I would be violently opposed to it if it were. This is my last message on this. I'm repulsed by the idea of discussing this under this

Exceptional cases (was: don't overthink)

2012-10-25 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:20:04PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: would be wrong. The idea here is that applying _punitive_ action (such as removal from a position) retroactively is not fair, Oh, for heaven's sake. This is nothing to do with punishment. This is a straightforward administrative

Doesn't the legal standard for maintaining documents also control this? - Re: IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site -

2012-10-25 Thread tglassey
On 10/25/2012 11:47 AM, IESG Secretary wrote: Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF. RFC 2026, BCP 9, describes the purpose of I-Ds, and it also provides some policies that govern the I-D Repository. RFC 2026 says: During the development of a specification, draft

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 12:34 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: On Oct 25, 2012, at 21:20, Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us wrote: _punitive_ Again, you are confused. This action is not about punishing an individual, and I would be violently opposed to it if it were. Removal from office _is_ considered a

Re: Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 Thread SM
Hi John, At 08:03 25-10-2012, John C Klensin wrote: (ii) The IESG could use its implied authority to interpret RFC 2026 (an authority it has at least implicitly applied many times in the past). It could interpret the 2026 variance procedure as applying to all bodies to which 2026 applies,

RE: Exceptional cases (was: don't overthink)

2012-10-25 Thread Tony Hain
Andrew Sullivan wrote: On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:20:04PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: would be wrong. The idea here is that applying _punitive_ action (such as removal from a position) retroactively is not fair, Oh, for heaven's sake. This is nothing to do with punishment. This is a

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us Removal from office _is_ considered a punitive action Sorry all, but my bogometer just blew out. He isn't being turfed out of his post (in a high-level sense); he quit. He simply wasn't polite or thoughtful enough to do so formally, instead of by

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Doug Barton
On 10/25/2012 1:26 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: From: Doug Barton do...@dougbarton.us Removal from office _is_ considered a punitive action Noel, you have a very bad habit of replying to snippets out of context. Personally I don't appreciate it, as the snippet above could lead someone to believe

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Michael StJohns
At 08:53 AM 10/25/2012, Noel Chiappa wrote: We're all agreed that the IETF in plenary mode (i.e. all of us) can change any/all policy/procedures, right? Actually, that's my point here. Once upon a time, we did everything by group hum. Then we became a standards body with formal procedures and

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Michael StJohns
At 03:46 AM 10/25/2012, Brian E Carpenter wrote: On 24/10/2012 20:34, Doug Barton wrote: ... ... Nothing in the text suggests an unfettered right of creating new definitions of vacant. You mean, new compared to the first definition in Merriam-Webster.com? 1: not occupied by an incumbent,

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Melinda Shore
On 10/25/12 12:56 PM, Michael StJohns wrote: To put a very specific point on this - in the real world, people get shot, or are other wise hurt and end up in coma's and are otherwise unable to fulfill the responsibilities of their office, and unless and until they resign from office or are

Re: Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Michael StJohns
At 05:08 PM 10/25/2012, Melinda Shore wrote: don't think that these are in any way analogous, since in each case that you mentioned the individual who left was either incapacitated or had pre-arranged an absence. If someone simply disappeared from work without notice or comment I expect it would

Draft Network Services RFP for Community Comment

2012-10-25 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The IAOC is seeking community input on a proposed Network Services Request for Proposal. The successful bidder(s) will have the opportunity to compete for delivering network services at IETF meetings. The IAOC has decided that it wants to issue a Network Services RFP during the current

Re: Hasty procedural changes (was: Re: [RFC 3777 Update for Vacancies])

2012-10-25 Thread Scott O Bradner
On Oct 25, 2012, at 11:03 AM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: (ii) The IESG could use its implied authority to interpret RFC 2026 (an authority it has at least implicitly applied many times in the past). It could interpret the 2026 variance procedure as applying to all bodies to

IETF Trust Chair -- 25 Oct 2012

2012-10-25 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The Trustees of the IETF Trust took two actions today: 1. Removed the current IETF Trust Chair 2. Elected a new IETF Trust Chair The Trustees passed the following resolution removing Marshal Eubanks as Trust Chair: RESOLUTION After consideration of the lack of participation by the Trust Chair

Re: the usual mail stuff, was IETF...the unconference of SDOs

2012-10-25 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Wo! There's a whole section of the conversation that ended up in Untidy that shouldn't've. On 9 Sep 2012, at 20:25, John Levine jo...@taugh.com wrote: I have to say that I'm baffled at the perverse pride that people seem to take in being so technically backward that they're unable to handle

Re: don't overthink, was Just so I'm clear

2012-10-25 Thread Sam Hartman
Michael == Michael StJohns mstjo...@comcast.net writes: Michael At 08:53 AM 10/25/2012, Noel Chiappa wrote: We're all agreed that the IETF in plenary mode (i.e. all of us) can change any/all policy/procedures, right? Michael Actually, that's my point here. Michael Once

Re: IETF Trust Chair -- 25 Oct 2012

2012-10-25 Thread David Morris
Does the resolve the issue, or only move Marshall from the role of Trust Chair to Trustee? On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The Trustees of the IETF Trust took two actions today: 1. Removed the current IETF Trust Chair 2. Elected a new IETF Trust Chair The

Re: IETF Trust Chair -- 25 Oct 2012

2012-10-25 Thread Pelletier Ray
On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:00 PM, David Morris d...@xpasc.com wrote: Does the resolve the issue, or only move Marshall from the role of Trust Chair to Trustee? The latter. Marshall is still a Trustee. Ray On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, IETF Administrative Director wrote: The Trustees of the

Re: Format=flowed quoting (was Re: IETF...the unconference of SDOs)

2012-10-25 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
On 25 Oct 2012, at 01:25, Michael Richardson mcr+i...@sandelman.ca wrote: Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com wrote: SG * text/paragraphs (or whatever), a completely different identity that violates the length limits SG Apple Mail and Microsoft use this text/paragraphs. Do you

Re: Exceptional cases (was: don't overthink)

2012-10-25 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 01:19:26PM -0700, Tony Hain wrote: Clearly the IAOC is inadequately staffed if one person missing for an extended period is inhibiting their activities. This is the part which really confuses me. Why is this such an urgent matter? The stated reason in the IAOC

Re: Exceptional cases (was: don't overthink)

2012-10-25 Thread Richard Barnes
would be wrong. The idea here is that applying _punitive_ action (such as removal from a position) retroactively is not fair, Oh, for heaven's sake. This is nothing to do with punishment. This is a straightforward administrative problem. Turning this into an opportunity to exercise a

Weekly posting summary for ietf@ietf.org

2012-10-25 Thread Thomas Narten
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Document Action: 'Test Plan and Results Supporting Advancement of RFC 2679 on the Standards Track' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-ippm-testplan-rfc2679-03.txt)

2012-10-25 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Test Plan and Results Supporting Advancement of RFC 2679 on the Standards Track' (draft-ietf-ippm-testplan-rfc2679-03.txt) as Informational RFC This document is the product of the IP Performance Metrics Working Group. The IESG contact persons

Document Action: 'Low Extra Delay Background Transport (LEDBAT)' to Experimental RFC (draft-ietf-ledbat-congestion-10.txt)

2012-10-25 Thread The IESG
The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Low Extra Delay Background Transport (LEDBAT)' (draft-ietf-ledbat-congestion-10.txt) as Experimental RFC This document is the product of the Low Extra Delay Background Transport Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Wesley Eddy and Martin

RFC 6733 on Diameter Base Protocol

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6733 Title: Diameter Base Protocol Author: V. Fajardo, Ed., J. Arkko, J. Loughney, G. Zorn, Ed. Status:

RFC 6734 on Diameter Attribute-Value Pairs for Cryptographic Key Transport

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6734 Title: Diameter Attribute-Value Pairs for Cryptographic Key Transport Author: G. Zorn, Q. Wu, V. Cakulev Status:

RFC 6736 on Diameter Network Address and Port Translation Control Application

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6736 Title: Diameter Network Address and Port Translation Control Application Author: F. Brockners, S. Bhandari, V. Singh, V. Fajardo

RFC 6735 on Diameter Priority Attribute-Value Pairs

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6735 Title: Diameter Priority Attribute-Value Pairs Author: K. Carlberg, Ed., T. Taylor Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF

RFC 6737 on The Diameter Capabilities Update Application

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6737 Title: The Diameter Capabilities Update Application Author: K. Jiao, G. Zorn Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: October 2012

RFC 6738 on Diameter IKEv2 SK: Using Shared Keys to Support Interaction between IKEv2 Servers and Diameter Servers

2012-10-25 Thread rfc-editor
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6738 Title: Diameter IKEv2 SK: Using Shared Keys to Support Interaction between IKEv2 Servers and Diameter Servers Author: V. Cakulev,

IESG Statement on Ethertypes

2012-10-25 Thread IESG Secretary
The IEEE Registration Authority (IEEE RA) assigns Ethertypes with oversight from the IEEE Registration Authority Committee (IEEE RAC). (See http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/ethertype/.) Some IETF protocol specification make use of Ethertypes. All Ethertype requests are subject to review

IESG Statement on Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site

2012-10-25 Thread IESG Secretary
Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF. RFC 2026, BCP 9, describes the purpose of I-Ds, and it also provides some policies that govern the I-D Repository. RFC 2026 says: During the development of a specification, draft versions of the document are made available for

IETF 85 - Early Bird Registration Cutoff

2012-10-25 Thread IETF Secretariat
**Early Bird Registration Cutoff: Friday, 26 October 2012** 85th IETF Meeting Atlanta, GA, USA November 4-9, 2012 Host: North American Cable Industry **PLEASE NOTE: Daylight Saving Time (United States) ends Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 2:00 AM, please remember to put your clocks back 1 hour.**

Draft Network Services RFP for Community Comment

2012-10-25 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The IAOC is seeking community input on a proposed Network Services Request for Proposal. The successful bidder(s) will have the opportunity to compete for delivering network services at IETF meetings. The IAOC has decided that it wants to issue a Network Services RFP during the current

IETF Trust Chair -- 25 Oct 2012

2012-10-25 Thread IETF Administrative Director
The Trustees of the IETF Trust took two actions today: 1. Removed the current IETF Trust Chair 2. Elected a new IETF Trust Chair The Trustees passed the following resolution removing Marshal Eubanks as Trust Chair: RESOLUTION After consideration of the lack of participation by the Trust Chair