Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-24 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Hello; On Jan 24, 2006, at 1:08 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: Marshall Eubanks wrote: P.S. I was not appointed "ombudsman for the IETF list" and would not claim that honor. Sorry- wrong word. Sargeant at Arms (my own sleeplessness). Eliot Nope, that that either. Please note that I claim neither

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Eliot Lear
Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > P.S. I was not appointed "ombudsman for the IETF list" and would not > claim that honor. Sorry- wrong word. Sargeant at Arms (my own sleeplessness). Eliot ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/lis

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Dave Crocker writes: > There is a basic difference between preventing the expression of an opinion, > idea or the like, versus preventing what is effectively a denial of service > attack on the conduct of group business. Yes. A denial of service attack is a technical attack on a server or networ

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread JFC (Jefsey) Morfin
At 22:42 23/01/2006, Grossman Dan-LDG004 wrote: Unlike the previous matter of an individual who clearly engaged in threats and ad-homenem attacks, this appears perilously close to being an attempt to suppress a minority viewpoint.   Minority viewpoints need to be heard, regardless of whether the

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Marshall Eubanks
t; To: Gray, Eric --> Cc: Marshall Eubanks; Scott Hollenbeck; ietf@ietf.org; --> ietf-announce@ietf.org; iesg@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC --> (Jefsey) Morfin --> --> Marshall's not just some person with a random opinion, but --&

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Dave Crocker
Unlike the previous matter of an individual who clearly engaged in threats and ad-homenem attacks, this appears perilously close to being an attempt to suppress a minority viewpoint. There is a basic difference between preventing the expression of an opinion, idea or the like, versus pre

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Sean Dorman
I vote in favor of keeping Mr.Morfin as a member of IETF. The greater number of intelligent contributors, the better...   This has been enough of a waste of time that we need to shift gears and focus on important issues.   Regardless of whether or not a differing viewpoint is respected, consens

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Grossman Dan-LDG004
Let me preface this by saying that I have no direct interest in ietf-languages or LTRU, nor do I have technical expertise in this area.  I have also been on a temporary hiatus from active participation in IETF.   That said, I overcome my usual reluctance to engage in IETF list discu

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Gray, Eric
y, Eric --> Cc: Marshall Eubanks; Scott Hollenbeck; ietf@ietf.org; --> ietf-announce@ietf.org; iesg@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC --> (Jefsey) Morfin --> --> Marshall's not just some person with a random opinion, but --> the om

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Eliot Lear
Marshall's not just some person with a random opinion, but the ombudsman for the IETF list. And so he speaks with some authority. Also, he doesn't come to rash conclusions, and so I for one value his considered opinion. And that's why I prodded him for more. And I'm more enlightened because of

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Gray, Eric
@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC --> (Jefsey) Morfin --> --> Marshall, --> > I do not support approval of this PR-action. --> --> Because.?? --> --> --> ___ --> Ietf m

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread nick . staff
-- Original message -- From: Brian E Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  > I can assure you that the IESG reads the opinions expressed > carefully and does not take such decisions lightly, one way > or the other. > > Brian Brian, I was not questioning the IESG's decisions nor d

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-23 Thread Brian E Carpenter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I mean really, has anyone ever had their opinion changed because of something someone said during these PR-Actions? This is in fact only the second last call ever on a PR-action. I can assure you that the IESG reads the opinions expressed carefully and does not tak

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread JFC (Jefsey) Morfin
At 21:32 22/01/2006, Marshall Eubanks wrote: So, in my sample picked for "Personal attack and threats", I see no threats, and really no attacks either. It is hard to read, and may not be worth reading, but is not actionable IMHO. Dear Marshall, Thank you for spending the time to check and for

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Hello; I received some private comments, so I will respond in greater depth. Please be careful what you ask for. In doing so, I reread IETF list traffic on this from last September / October last year, and also the complaint. So, here goes. First, I am aware of how disrupting posters can

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread nick . staff
-- Original message -- From: Eliot Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Marshall, > > I do not support approval of this PR-action. > > Because.?? > Eliot- I don't mean any offense by this but the "Because" is the whole problem of these PR-Actions.  Somehow "rough concensus" has t

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
my view. Thanks, Bert > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Adrian Farrel > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 14:21 > To: iesg@ietf.org > Cc: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey)

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Adrian Farrel writes: > If those who would exclude Jefsey from certain lists feel that repeated 30 > day bans are too much work, I suggest they draft a new process that would > allow them to create longer bans on specific lists. An alternative would be for them to find new jobs that don't include

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Peter Dambier
I am against this action. Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is notorious for swinging for Thors Hammer Mjoelnir just see his postings Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:34:48 +0200 From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Spencer Dawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ietf@ietf.org Message-

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Adrian Farrel
I do not support the action against Jefsey Morfin, because the outcome would facilitate a ban on all IETF lists without specific cause and without recourse. I am not in a position to judge the correctness of a ban on the lists explicitly cited but I do not believe that we have witnessed behavior th

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Because I do not feel that the punishment is merited. On Jan 22, 2006, at 7:25 AM, Eliot Lear wrote: Marshall, I do not support approval of this PR-action. Because.?? I posted my thoughts earlier, my understanding is that in the last call process it is appropriate to restate one's

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Eliot Lear
Marshall, > I do not support approval of this PR-action. Because.?? ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-22 Thread Marshall Eubanks
I do not support approval of this PR-action. Regards Marshall Eubanks On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:34 AM, Scott Hollenbeck wrote: The IESG has received a request from Harald Alvestrand to approve an RFC 3683 PR-action ("posting rights" action) for JFC (Jefsey) Morfin as a result of a pattern of pr

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-21 Thread Lisa Dusseault
I second what Michael said. It may be easy for somebody not involved to hit the delete key, and it's reasonable to ask "How hard is it to hit the delete key". But for people doing the work, who have to worry about whether to respond or not, whether keeping silent will give everybody else

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-21 Thread Peter Dambier
Anthony G. Atkielski wrote: This entire fiasco tells me that the people nominally participating in it have a lot of time on their hands and very little to do, and they choose to waste it bickering like preschoolers on a playground rather than spend it trying to do the actual work of the IETF. A

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-21 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Tim Bray writes: > Ban him. Openness and inclusiveness are virtues, but not absolutes. They are only virtues when they are absolute. > This ban seems to me an expression of respect for the time and energy > of many dedicated and talented participants here, which are currently > being wasted by

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Tim Bray
On Jan 18, 2006, at 4:34 AM, Scott Hollenbeck wrote: The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send any comments to the iesg@ietf.org or ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 17 February 2006. Ban him. Openness and inclusiveness

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Hi Eliot, > RFC 3683 gives you broad discretion on the basis to make a > decision, and gives WG chairs broad discretion on what > actions they should take. As you had a hand in it, perhaps > you can refresh my memory, Just for the record... I was not involved in the publication of RFC 3683.

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Gray, Eric
In my opinion, this action is not appropriate in this case. -- Eric --> -Original Message- --> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> On Behalf Of Scott Hollenbeck --> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:35 AM --> To: ietf@ietf.org; ietf-announce@ietf.org --> Cc: iesg@iet

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Anthony" == Anthony G Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anthony> Are people on this list still arguing about this? I Anthony> thought members of this list were supposed to be Anthony> grown-ups (?). actually, we've just started arguing about it. All the previous arguments

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Eliot Lear
Margaret, RFC 3683 gives you broad discretion on the basis to make a decision, and gives WG chairs broad discretion on what actions they should take. As you had a hand in it, perhaps you can refresh my memory, but as I recall that's all by design. This is not a really freedom of speech exercise, b

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Tony" == Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tony> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Sam Hartman wrote: >> What about suspending Jefsey from just the ietf-langugages >> list and possibly the ltru list? Tony> Isn't that what the last call says? It allows other list Tony> mangers

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Anthony G. Atkielski
Are people on this list still arguing about this? I thought members of this list were supposed to be grown-ups (?). ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Sam Hartman wrote: > > What about suspending Jefsey from just the ietf-langugages list and > possibly the ltru list? Isn't that what the last call says? It allows other list mangers to ban him too, but doesn't require it. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dot

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
Sam, let me put it this way: Changing the rules in the middle of the process is Just Plain Stupid. We've done that too many times to count. We can return to our experience with the process once this round is over, and may choose to revisit the set of options we have and see if we can add so

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Harald" == Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harald> --On torsdag, januar 19, 2006 20:03:56 -0500 Sam Hartman Harald> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd first ask why repeated 30-day suspensions are ineffective. >> Harald seems to be getting fairly efficien

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Dave Crocker
However a PR action is an incredibly huge hammer. ... I have to reluctantly agree with Sam. I'm reluctant because there are far too many days when I wish Jefsey would just quietly go away Of course, he is not the only person I'd put on that list, and I imagine I'm on some similar lists kept by

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
ollenbeck'; 'Sam Hartman'; > ietf@ietf.org; iesg@ietf.org > Subject: Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) > Morfin > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:03:52AM -0500, > Margaret Wasserman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > a message of 155 lines wh

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Peter Dambier
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:03:52AM -0500, Margaret Wasserman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 155 lines which said: I also have found that Jefsey's posts have a higher signal-to-noise ratio than many peoples' posts, but I am willing to chalk some of that up

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:03:52AM -0500, Margaret Wasserman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 155 lines which said: > I also have found that Jefsey's posts have a higher signal-to-noise > ratio than many peoples' posts, but I am willing to chalk some of > that up to the fact that he is a

RE: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-20 Thread Margaret Wasserman
Hi Harald, > - About five people send thank-you notes, and wonder whether > the IESG will get off its butt and allow him to be suspended > permanently, usually accompanied with ruminations about > whether it makes any sense to participate in an organization > that is so completely ineffective in

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-19 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On torsdag, januar 19, 2006 20:03:56 -0500 Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd first ask why repeated 30-day suspensions are ineffective. Harald seems to be getting fairly efficient at suspending Jefsey on ietf-languages. I believe he's been suspended on LTRU before. Is Jefsey ac

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-19 Thread John C Klensin
--On Thursday, 19 January, 2006 20:03 -0500 Sam Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > Even by his own admission Jefsey has been engaging in > filibustering--a practice that I think we would agree is > disruptive. Take a look at his most recent appeal to the IESG > (http://www.ietf.org/IESG/A

Re: IETF Last Call under RFC 3683 concerning JFC (Jefsey) Morfin

2006-01-19 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. I agree that Jefsey's participation in LTRU and the ietf-languages lists has been problematic. Even by his own admission Jefsey has been engaging in filibustering--a practice that I think we would agree is disruptive. Take a look at his most recent appeal to the IESG (http://www.ietf.org/I