The "late surprise" problem

[Keith Moore]

> Ted and Brian are both right - this is a good thing to do,
> but not because it prevents late surprises, and we need to make
> sure we don't replace the "IESG is the only sane people at IETF"
> issue with "IESG + SIR are the only sane people at IETF".

almost everyone at IETF is sane.  some people see the big picture 
better than the details, others vice versa.  we need both kinds of 
people.

currently WGs supply the details, but hardly anybody thinks about the 
big picture.  IESG is supposed to make sure that both the big picture 
and the details are sane.  but since WGs don't have any early input 
regarding the big picture, IESG is stuck trying to fix big picture 
problems at the last minute.

Keith