Definition of power and responsibility

[Keith Moore]

> One interesting thing I found when writing the IESG charter was that
> for almost every single piece of responsiblity or rule I felt I had to
> put in it, I could trace it back to an older document. And I left the
> pointers in there too, so anyone can check them out for him or
> herself...

And yet people were demanding a charter on the assumption that IESG had
no basis for operating the way that it does.

When people don't bother to read the documentation that already exists,
I have to wonder if writing more documentation will help.

Keith