My thoughts about the problems of the IETF

[Keith Moore]

> I would tend to trust the IESG to have enough common sence to understand
> what can be documented on personal level things (health, job issues, etc.) 
> 
> However, I do not agree on the comparison to personel practices in a
> company. IETF is not a company, but a community. In a company, the
> management represents (at least theoretically) the owner(s) of the company,
> and is not responsible the workers. In a community, like the IETF, the
> community "owns" the community. The management is responsible to the
> community, and has to report its doings to them. I think this reporting is
> now what is a bit missing.

I don't buy it.  The community is better served if certain issues which
sometimes need to be discussed by IESG, are not aired in public.  We expect
the nomcom to keep its deliberations private for similar reasons.

Keith