Document: draft-hardie-alt-consensus-02
Reviewer: Brian Carpenter
Date: July 21, 2004

Better late than never.

I'm still of the opinion (expressed on the Solutions list) that this
is too prescriptive and too detailed. How to escape from a consensus
failure will really vary enormously from case to case.

I would go for something much shorter, saying (with appropriate
surrounding verbiage):

   If a WG can't reach rough consensus on a choice between several
   well-documented alternatives, the WG Chairs may instead propose
   a decision mechanism (such as delegating the decision explicitly
   to a design team or a recognized expert) to the WG. If the WG
   reaches rough consensus to use this mechanism, it will be used.

I don't think that is even a variance from RFC 2026, viewed legalistically.

That being said, I see no harm in publishing this as Experimental. I just
don't expect to use it in my own WG any time soon.

     Brian