reasonable time [Re: H2 or J]

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

Scott Bradner wrote:
> 
> kre sez:
> > 4 weeks would be the absolute minimum (last I heard,
> > the IAB only meets once every month, for example), 6 or 8 weeks
> > probably more realistic.
> 
> both the IAB and the ISOC board know how to use email and they
> both know how to set up special phone calls
> 
> remember that making the approval time longer pushes back the date
> by which the nomcom has to get its job done - its hard enough as it is

But this is *exactly* why we increased the time span of the whole
process.

My experience in both the IAB and the ISOC Board is that two weeks
is *not* enough time if there are any contentious cases. There just
isn't time to discuss, ask questions, and then take a formal poll.

Setting up an ad hoc conf call for either of them is challenging.
Calendars simply don't overlap with that many people to consider.
For the ISOC Board, you can't even assume daily email usage.

I much prefer to leave it as "reasonable", because in any case the
process sets an outside limit. Maybe it should say "reasonable time
within the limits set by the process timeline discussed in Section
<whatever>."

     Brian