[ih] "The Great Debate"

[Brian E Carpenter]

On 30-Apr-26 17:27, Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote:
> At that same period, I was chair of the IETF group that produced RFC 1697,
> in about nine months from start to draft standard. Marshall was my advisor.
> I don't recall any issues with IESG.

But here's the difference. For RFC 1697, the IETF's IPR search says

"Total number of IPR disclosures found: 0."

For RFC 1962:

"Total number of IPR disclosures found: 2."

This was not the only RFC to be held up for IPR reasons, but
it was the index case.

     Brian

> 
> As for "pressing for forward progress":  I don't know what the situation
> was with those other groups, but leading a group like that is definitely a
> test of your political skills. Reminding everyone that their managers will
> not be happy if they spend a lot of time on this and nothing comes out of
> it, is a key message. If you're not constantly saying that, as well as
> listening to their *legitimate* concerns then you are going to have
> problems.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/29/2026 9:58 PM, Brian E Carpenter via Internet-history wrote:
>>> So far, it has not done this. And at this point, I
>>> feel that the IESG itself is a major factor in the delays."
>>
>>
>> Concern over delays was widely held.  I started noticing that WG Chairs
>> were doing an excellent job of making sure that everyone got to
>> participate, but were quite poor at pressing for forward progress.
>>
>> That was why I started the WG Chair Training sessions. Ostensibly it was
>> to introduce new chairs to the formal IETF processes.
>>
>> While it did do that, it's real agenda was to sell the need to balance
>> between ensuring fair opportunities to air views, with making forward
>> progress.
>>
>> At the time, I thought it helpful.
>>
>> d/
>>
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