Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-05 Thread Randy Bush
What did you think of Pete Resnick's draft about hums. i like it a lot and have used it in other fora which are somewhat loose or confused about consensus. randy

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Ted Lemon
On Aug 2, 2013, at 9:13 AM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: In my opinion part of the answer has been provided by Brian Carpenter. The other part of the answer is the minutes. The rest of the answer is in something mentioned in the Note Well. Do you think I said something that contradicts what

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Ted Lemon
On Aug 1, 2013, at 5:32 PM, Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: Perhaps that doesn't bother other folk very much but the differential result was so extreme -- as a single-event experiment -- it strongly suggests we should not call for hand-raising. (The likely explanations for the

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread SM
Hi Ted, At 05:47 03-08-2013, Ted Lemon wrote: Do you think I said something that contradicts what Brian said? I believe that I agree with him. But he's talking about how you ultimately determine consensus, whereas I was talking about what hums and shows of hands mean, and in what way they

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Ofer Inbar
Dave Crocker d...@dcrocker.net wrote: On 8/1/2013 10:50 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: In particular, the effect of humming versus show of hands was pretty obvious. The fact that the results were so profoundly different should get our attention, enough to get us to consider specifying how to

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Ted Lemon
On Aug 3, 2013, at 6:34 PM, SM s...@resistor.net wrote: That one sentence covers all the points which are relevant. It's an Area Director decision. It does not require consensus or any kind of number game. The working group charter explicitly requires IETF consensus. But if you mean

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Barry Leiba
In the case of a WG-forming BOF, it seems to me that a nucleus of people willing and competent to do the work, and a good set of arguments why the work needs to be done and how it will make the Internet better, are more important than any kind of numbers game. That one sentence covers

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Scott Brim
What did you think of Pete Resnick's draft about hums.

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread Barry Leiba
What did you think of Pete Resnick's draft about hums. I thought well of it; I still do. When Pete planned to write it, I offered to co-author it. But he said that once he got started, it all just flowed out, and he wanted to present it as just his craziness, at least at first. It's not about

RE: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-03 Thread l.wood
/ From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Barry Leiba [barryle...@computer.org] Sent: 04 August 2013 05:55 To: Scott Brim Cc: SM; Andy Bierman; IETF discussion list Subject: Re: 6tsch BoF What did you think of Pete Resnick's draft about hums. I thought well of it; I still

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-02 Thread joel jaeggli
On 8/1/13 6:25 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: On 8/1/13 1:29 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: Consensus for any particular outcome is in the end a judgment call. Well, yes and no, but this situation strikes me as odd, and probably a mistake on the part of the chairs. If you can't tell whether or not you've

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-02 Thread SM
Hi Ted, At 08:00 01-08-2013, Ted Lemon wrote: We actually had a talk about this amongst several IESG and former IESG members. I am not going to Bernard Aboba once mentioned: To paraphrase Tilda Swinton's Oscar Acceptance Speech: To the IESG, you know, the seriousness and the

6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1. Is this a topic that the IETF should address? First, the chairs asked for a hum. From my vantage

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Andy Bierman
...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1. Is this a topic that the IETF should address? First, the chairs asked for a hum. From

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread joel jaeggli
particular outcome is in the end a judgment call. Andy On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
. - Ralph The sum of the amplitude of all hums is not. Andy On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Andy Bierman
in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1. Is this a topic that the IETF should address? First, the chairs asked for a hum. From my vantage point (middle of the room

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread manning bill
raised is comparable across tests. The sum of the amplitude of all hums is not. Andy On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Joe Abley
On 2013-08-01, at 12:04, manning bill bmann...@isi.edu wrote: we have never voted at IETFs. we believe in rough consensus and running code The enduring tautology in this is the use of the word we. some of us believe in rough consensus and running code, probably enough that the mantra is

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread SM
Hi Ralph, At 01:50 01-08-2013, Ralph Droms wrote: Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1. Is this a topic that the IETF should address? First, the chairs asked for a hum. From my vantage point (middle of the room), the hum was pretty close to equal, for/against. I

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Andy Bierman
is not. Andy On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Ralph Droms rdroms.i...@gmail.com wrote: I found the process in the 6tsch BoF (Tue 1520) for asking about taking on the work discussed in the BoF to be thought-provoking. Toward the end of the BoF, the chairs asked the question 1

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Yoav Nir
On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: Hi, Isn't it obvious why humming is flawed and raising hands works? (Analog vs. digital). A hand is either raised or it isn't. The sum of all hands raised is comparable across tests. The sum of the amplitude of all hums

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Scott Brim
See draft-resnick-on-consensus for the art of running a group using hums and other tools. With those nuances, I like hums.

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Andy Bierman
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: Hi, Isn't it obvious why humming is flawed and raising hands works? (Analog vs. digital). A hand is either raised or it isn't. The sum of all hands

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ralph Droms
On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: Hi, Isn't it obvious why humming is flawed and raising hands works? (Analog vs.

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Ted Lemon
We actually had a talk about this amongst several IESG and former IESG members. I am not going to report the results, because I might remember them wrong, but my thoughts on this are as follows: - The hum is not a means of determining consensus; it is a means of determining the sense of the

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Dave Crocker
Ralph, et al, Perhaps I have missed relevant responses, but it appears that folk are missing what is significant here: On 8/1/2013 10:50 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: In particular, the effect of humming versus show of hands was pretty obvious. The fact that the results were so profoundly

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Barry Leiba
We are not voting. We are expressing agreement with a specific assertion. That is true whether the agreement is expressed via vocalization or motion of limbs. Absolutely so. The chairs can pick however they want to measure agreement. Many chairs ask for a show of hands. I prefer that

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Melinda Shore
On 8/1/13 1:29 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: Consensus for any particular outcome is in the end a judgment call. Well, yes and no, but this situation strikes me as odd, and probably a mistake on the part of the chairs. If you can't tell whether or not you've got consensus, you don't have consensus.

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 02/08/2013 01:30, Andy Bierman wrote: On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:24 AM, Yoav Nir y...@checkpoint.com wrote: On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Andy Bierman a...@yumaworks.com wrote: Hi, Isn't it obvious why humming is flawed and raising hands works? (Analog vs. digital). A hand is either raised

Re: 6tsch BoF

2013-08-01 Thread Melinda Shore
On 8/1/13 12:54 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: In the case of a WG-forming BOF, it seems to me that a nucleus of people willing and competent to do the work, and a good set of arguments why the work needs to be done and how it will make the Internet better, are more important than any kind of