Re: Proposed change to draft-ietf-nomcom-rfc2727bis-01.txt

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

Robert Elz wrote:
> 
>     Date:        Tue, 09 Jul 2002 11:40:58 +0200
>     From:        Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
>     Message-ID:  <3D2AAFAA.71376294@hursley.ibm.com>
> 
>   | The rationale, as discussed at length earlier, is to give more time for
>   | both the selection and confirmation processes, since the latter in
>   | particular has proved too short for calm discussion.
> 
> While not opposing the change, I would point out that nothing you are
> suggesting will necessarily help the latter problem at all.
> 
> As long as there is just a "finish by", there's no real incentive for
> the nomcom to get anything actually finished until the time it perceives
> as the last minute deadline for conformation to happen (which is probably
> something of the order of 2-3 weeks before the actual deadline).

True enough. I'd be in favour of mandating that the slates are handed
over for confirmation 4 weeks before the deadline, but in the past we
haven't laid out the detailed schedule in the document.

> 
> Since any movement back of that time just pushes it closer and closer
> to the Christmas break (in most of the countries involved in the IETF anyway)
> it isn't at all clear that this will in any way result in the nomcom
> being finished its part any sooner than it now is.

That's why I suggested an increase of 2 months in the total time, rather than
just one month.

   Brian
> 
> kre
> 
> ps: unrelated comment while I am here (editorial really).   Why does this
> doc have a reference to rfc2282 ??   It isn't actually cited anywhere (which
> is a good thing), but it is there anyway.   It is also referenced as being
> BCP 10, which it isn't (any more).   Anyone who can find 2727 can locate
> 2282 if they really care.
>