objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-02 Thread Randy Presuhn
Hi - In http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ash-alt-formats-00.txt section 3 says: | Furthermore, the authors propose that the IESG carefully consider | declaring consensus in support of the change even if a large number | of 'nays' are posted to the IESG discussion list. I object to

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-02 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Monday, January 02, 2006 09:56:15 PM -0800 Randy Presuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi - In http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ash-alt-formats-00.txt section 3 says: | Furthermore, the authors propose that the IESG carefully consider | declaring consensus in support of the ch

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-04 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: On Monday, January 02, 2006 09:56:15 PM -0800 Randy Presuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi - In http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ash-alt-formats-00.txt section 3 says: | Furthermore, the authors propose that the IESG carefully consider | declaring cons

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-04 Thread Stewart Bryant
Brian E Carpenter wrote: Speaking for myself, I agree. The whole point of rough consensus is to leave scope for some nay-sayers, but it's for the WG Chairs (if relevant) and the IESG to judge whether the number of objections is significant. That is what were asking for in this case. Stewart

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-04 Thread Gray, Eric
Carpenter --> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:02 AM --> To: Jeffrey Hutzelman --> Cc: ietf@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus" --> --> Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: --> > --> > --> > On Monday, January 02, 2006 09:56:1

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-04 Thread Spencer Dawkins
Brian, Yours is sort of a general reply to a question which has very specific relevance in this case. Yes, the current process allows for getting around a few nay-sayers. However, the text objected to in this case argues that this process should be extended by a process of counting the people w

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-04 Thread Yaakov Stein
Title: RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus" >   However, the text objected to in this case argues thatthis process should be extended by a process of counting thepeople who don't publicly participate in the discussion, eitherway, as having tacitly given

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Jari Arkko
Yaakov Stein wrote: > However, the text objected to in this case argues that this process should be extended by a process of counting the people who don't publicly participate in the discussion (snip) We proposed gauging interest by a show of hands at a plenary meeting, rather than by the

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Gray, Eric
Title: RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus" Yaakov,       Here's the text that says "all that"...   "It is much more likely to hear from the very vocal people who are  opposed to the change. That is, assuming 1000s of participants  on the IET

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Sandy Wills
Gray, Eric wrote: "It is much more likely to hear from the very vocal people who are opposed to the change. That is, assuming 1000s of participants on the IETF discussion list, perhaps 20 expressed 'nays', even strong nays, could be considered a clear consensus in favor of change." Whil

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Stephen Sprunk
Thus spake "Sandy Wills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gray, Eric wrote: "It is much more likely to hear from the very vocal people who are opposed to the change. That is, assuming 1000s of participants on the IETF discussion list, perhaps 20 expressed 'nays', even strong nays, could be considered a cle

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Gray, Eric
nt: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:48 PM --> To: Gray, Eric --> Cc: 'Yaakov Stein'; ietf@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus" --> --> Gray, Eric wrote: --> --> > "It is much more likely to hear from the very vocal -

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Sandy Wills
Gray, Eric wrote: Sandy, In fact, contrary to what we observe in nature, change is not the "default outcome" in most human organizations. That is because - as a careful analysis of this discussion over the years will disclose - there are as many ways to go with a change as there are peo

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Gray, Eric
- --> From: Sandy Wills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:34 PM --> To: Gray, Eric --> Cc: ietf@ietf.org --> Subject: Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus" --> --> Gray, Eric wrote: --> --> > Sandy, --> > --

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread grenville armitage
Sandy Wills wrote: [..] A simple mental experiment: If we have, say, 2000 readers, and we post the question "Will the sun rise tomorrow? We think yes." Then you invite ridicule upon anyone who says "no". However, consider this case: you post "Should we move to using MS Word?" an

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Sandy Wills
grenville armitage wrote: However, consider this case: you post "Should we move to using MS Word?" and 5 minutes later some hardy soul posts "No". Over the next few minutes to hours some hundreds or thousands of list members' mail servers will receieve these two emails. Many of the human recip

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread grenville armitage
Sandy Wills wrote: grenville armitage wrote: However, consider this case: you post "Should we move to using MS Word?" and 5 minutes later some hardy soul posts "No". Over the next few minutes to hours some hundreds or thousands of list members' mail servers will receieve these two emails. Ma

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Sandy Wills
(comments inline, but the summary is that _I_ read your words and apparently get a different meaning from when _you_ read your words) grenville armitage wrote: Sandy Wills wrote: grenville armitage wrote: However, consider this case: you post "Should we move to using MS Word?" A simple

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread Frank Ellermann
Sandy Wills wrote: > someone (I think Brian Carpenter is the poor guy stuck with > this job) will post a simple statement and ask if the > statement has concensus. No multiple choice, no discussion, > just statement. I hope it happens soon... > "The IETF should publish RFCs in the traditional t

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-05 Thread grenville armitage
Sandy Wills wrote: [..] A "CfC" usually follows a "Discussion" and has ONE (count 'em) statement, by ONE (count 'em) person, expressing a clear value or decision, asking for agreement or disagreement. "...asking for agreement or disagreement." If it quacks like a question... chee

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Ken Raeburn
On Jan 5, 2006, at 18:35, Sandy Wills wrote: People who agree will mumble "yeah" under their breath and otherwise ignore the post. People who disagree will reply on the list. After two weeks, someone will compare the size of the subscriber list to the number of negative replies, and we'l

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Sandy Wills
Ken Raeburn wrote: Personally, I object to the suggestion that my "vote" should be counted one way or another if I am silent. At most, it should be counted as "no strong opinion". Or should I now start responding to all the Last Calls with "I don't care about this, so please don't count m

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Spencer Dawkins
So... here's the problem. Personally, I object to the suggestion that my "vote" should be counted one way or another if I am silent. At most, it should be counted as "no strong opinion". Or should I now start responding to all the Last Calls with "I don't care about this, so please don't

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On fredag, januar 06, 2006 09:02:21 -0500 Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is not a change; this seems to be the way the IETF works. Many group gatherings work the same way; to me its an intuitive way of getting any/all objections brought up, or establishing that there aren

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Marshall Eubanks
Hello; On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: --On fredag, januar 06, 2006 09:02:21 -0500 Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is not a change; this seems to be the way the IETF works. Many group gatherings work the same way; to me its an intuitive way of

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Spencer" == Spencer Dawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Spencer> So... here's the problem. >> Personally, I object to the suggestion that my "vote" should be >> counted one way or another if I am silent. At most, it should >> be counted as "no strong opinion". Or should I

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Gray, Eric
--> --> "I think we have reached substantial agreement on the following --> statement: ASCII text was good enough for my Grandfather, and it's --> going to be good enough for my grandchildren. Please reply to this --> CfC if you object." --> I object. _

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Gray, Eric wrote: > --> "I think we have reached substantial agreement on the following > --> statement: ASCII text was good enough for my Grandfather, and it's > --> going to be good enough for my grandchildren. Please reply to this > --> CfC if you object." IMO an obje

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Gray, Eric
Spencer, --> --> It shouldn't be a vote (we don't vote - I know you know this, because you --> put "vote" in quotes), but if we had some way to let people say "you know, --> I just don't care", that would help, too. --> I agree, and it could also be very useful should we ever start to realize

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Gray, Eric
-> Cc: 'Sandy Wills'; Ken Raeburn; IETF General Discussion Mailing List --> Subject: RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus" --> --> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Gray, Eric wrote: --> --> > --> "I think we have reached substantial agreement on

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Bob Braden
*> *> --> *> --> "I think we have reached substantial agreement on the following *> --> statement: ASCII text was good enough for my Grandfather, and it's *> --> going to be good enough for my grandchildren. Please reply to this *> --> CfC if you object." *> --> *> "Ar

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Stewart Bryant
Randy.Dunlap wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Gray, Eric wrote: --> "I think we have reached substantial agreement on the following --> statement: ASCII text was good enough for my Grandfather, and it's --> going to be good enough for my grandchildren. Please reply to this --> CfC

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
2006 1:21 PM > --> To: Gray, Eric > --> Cc: 'Sandy Wills'; Ken Raeburn; IETF General Discussion Mailing List > --> Subject: RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus" > --> > --> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Gray, Eric wrote: > --> > -->

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Gray, Eric
ay to go. Maybe not. -- Eric --> -Original Message- --> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> On Behalf Of Sam Hartman --> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:51 AM --> To: Spencer Dawkins --> Cc: IETF General Discussion Mailing List --> Subject: Re: ob

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Brian Rosen
This >On the other hand, it does appear that the availability of ASCII >support as a common denominator is decreasing over time. As has been >observed, some software vendors seem to go out of their way to make >simple ASCII hard to use. So there is increasing pressure to find >a (truly) better s

RE: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Gray, Eric
thing, most of the time. -- Eric --> -Original Message- --> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> On Behalf Of Bob Braden --> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:57 PM --> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Cc: ietf@ietf.org --> Subject: RE: objection to proposed

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Sandy Wills
Gray, Eric wrote: It is useful sometimes to differentiate those who have no stake in a particular issue from those who are not paying attention. (rest of post snipped) Here I must become two-faced. Personally, I agree with you. Often, there are many shades of grey between the whit

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Sandy Wills
Brian Rosen wrote (about the format issue): It's probably true that we can push this problem off another year, but maybe not, and definitely not for very much longer. I think that everyone here is aware of that, which is why we keep coming back to it, and will continue to until the agents of

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread grenville armitage
For an organisation that, apparently, ought to be stymied and ineffectual because of its reliance on ASCII, the IETF appears to have had a remarkably productive run these past 20 years. Dare I suggest a certain organisational maturity is evidenced by the IETF's unwillingness to swing with every

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-07 Thread Melinda Shore
On 1/6/06 11:11 PM, "Sandy Wills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, there seems to be a religious dogma among the > long-time IETF participants that they never take votes. All they > do is judge rough or smooth concensus, and that reduces our options > to simple binary choices. Thus

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-08 Thread Ken Raeburn
On Jan 6, 2006, at 09:02, Sandy Wills wrote: This is not a change; this seems to be the way the IETF works. Many group gatherings work the same way; to me its an intuitive way of getting any/all objections brought up, or establishing that there aren't any, after a period of free discussi

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-08 Thread Sandy Wills
Ken Raeburn wrote: This is not a change; this seems to be the way the IETF works. Many group gatherings work the same way; to me its an intuitive way of getting any/all objections brought up, or establishing that there aren't any, after a period of free discussion. If it's not a change

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sandy" == Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandy> Brian Rosen wrote (about the format issue): >> It's probably true that we can push this problem off another >> year, but maybe not, and definitely not for very much longer. Sandy> I think that everyone here is aware o

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Sandy" == Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandy> Gray, Eric wrote: >> Sandy, In fact, contrary to what we observe in nature, change >> is not the "default outcome" in most human organizations. That >> is because - as a careful analysis of this discussion over the

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread Stewart Bryant
I think these are valuable inputs as well. There are people involved; whether these people are happy, whether they will continue to work, are important factors. Of course there are religious arguments on the other side: "I want my architectural diagrams; they work well in the ITU and I want th

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread John C Klensin
--On Monday, 09 January, 2006 18:17 + Stewart Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think these are valuable inputs as well. There are people >> involved; whether these people are happy, whether they will >> continue to work, are important factors. Of course there are >> religious arguments

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread Scott W Brim
On 01/09/2006 14:02 PM, John C Klensin allegedly wrote: > While I agree that diagrams are not simply a religious issue, I > think that there are many cases in which the use of diagrams, > especially complex ones, leaves people with the impression that > they have understood something when, in fact,

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-09 Thread Ned Freed
> > I disagree that the use of diagrams is a religious issue. Diagrams > > are a very simple way to put specification and context together > > in a compact notation such that it is easy to move from key > > point to key point in a non-linear way. They provide visual > > hyperlinking. > Stewart, >

Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-10 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Stewart" == Stewart Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think these are valuable inputs as well. There are people >> involved; whether these people are happy, whether they will >> continue to work, are important factors. Of course there are >> religious arguments on th

Digression was-Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus"

2006-01-06 Thread Ted Hardie
At 9:02 AM -0500 1/6/06, Sandy Wills wrote: >When you got married, did you want every person in the audience to stand up >and say "I'm okay with this marriage!"? No, you wanted the entire room >silent, so that you could hear any objection. Hi, This is a digression. Hit delete now unle

Binary choices, polling and so on (Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus")

2006-01-07 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
(changing the subject since the subject is changed...) --On fredag, januar 06, 2006 23:11:10 -0500 Sandy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Unfortunately, there seems to be a religious dogma among the long-time IETF participants that they never take votes. All they do is judge rough or smo

Re: Binary choices, polling and so on (Re: objection to proposed change to "consensus")

2006-01-07 Thread Scott W Brim
On 01/07/2006 09:02 AM, Harald Tveit Alvestrand allegedly wrote: > That said... I like opinion polls, of various forms, and use them > frequently (some would say "too frequently"... I guess I've demonstrated > most of the bad sides of opinion polls over the years...). a useful function > In the g