My thoughts about the problems of the IETF

Keith Moore moore at cs.utk.edu
Fri May 2 11:49:33 CEST 2003


> > 1. require all documents to have N favorable outside reviews, each
> > from an IESG-appointed reviewer pool, before going to IESG review
> 
> > 2. provide that any document which has more than Z unfavorable
> > reviews from the reviewer pool need not be considered by IESG
> 
> This has the obvious problem that the IESG could stack the pool of reviewers
> so  as  to  achieve any  goal  they  want,  and  there  would be  even  less
> accountability than there is today.  

to some degree, it depends on who actually assigns reviewers.

it has other obvious problems also.  it's a rough idea, not a complete proposal.

Keith


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